George B. Bridgman was the preeminent instructor of figure drawing in this country during the first half of the twentieth century and is credited with having taught close to 70,000 students, from illustrators to the avant-garde. What makes his lessons so enduring?
Notable work from students in the classes of Costa Vavagiakis, Robin Smith, Jeff Buckland, Jerry Weiss, Paul Oestreicher & Christopher Raccioppi, and Gregg Kreutz.
Notable work from students in the classes of Dan Gheno, John Varriano, Cliff Dufton, and Hak Sul Lee.
Notable work from students in the classes of Max Ginsburg, Frank Porcu, Amy Weiskopf, and Michele Liebler.
Notable work from students in the classes of Frederick Brosen, Natsuki Takauji, Anne Stanner, and Dana Parlier.
Notable work from students in the classes of Elizabeth Allison, Leonid Lerman, Jon deMartin, Mary Beth McKenzie, and Steven Walker.
Notable work from students on the classes of Anthony Antonios, Ellen Eagle, Sigmund Abeles, Peter Golfinopoulos and Donna Mitchell, and Eric March.
What’s on view in the Art Students League’s Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery this week? Notable works from students in the classes of Arslan, Henry Finkelstein, Greg Follender, Joseph Peller, and Jason Bard Yarmosky.
What’s on view in the Art Students League’s Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery this week? Notable work from students in the classes of Susan Cirigliano, Marilyn Friedman, Gregory Lyde Vigrass, Peter Reginato, Larry Poons, Wendy Shalen, and Seiji Saito.
Social media is great for getting your work seen by many people, but it’s a double-edged sword. The presence of galleries is shrinking, and there’s still nothing like standing in front of a work in person, to see the paint and the way the artist handles the brush or the chalk.