The Art Students League mourns the passing of painter Barbara Adrian, who taught at the Art Students League from 1968 to 2011. In celebration of her life, we present a few of her paintings and thoughts on art.
[1]“The universal quality of people caught in a moment of time, their own time, and their own existence, is to me a fit subject for art, so that in their portrayal, they are also caught by eternity.”
[2]“I want to paint the magic of man, and that magic, both real and phantasmagorical, by which he lives and feels.”
[3]“Human life touches all things: for instance, a chipped, decaying wall. And in turn, these things have a bearing on man in their own personal and highly mystical way.”