I feel this show of my paintings represents a personal revelation—and a kind of public exposure, too. It is risky to present work that has been developed privately and held close for so long.
For painting landscapes en plein air, Frank Vincent DuMond taught his students a method of pre-mixing color strings in stepped values, moving from light to the dark value by creating color “notes” analogous to musical keys.
Artists from James Little’s class, “Non-Objective Painting, Color and Design,” forge ahead with their work over ZOOM.
Chellis Baird found a kindred spirit in the great iconoclastic sculptor Louise Nevelson.
The question that seems to be posed in this exhibition is whether the Lyme Art Colony’s interest in landscape, light, and color can be enjoyed at face value, or is complicit in whitewashing the area’s history.
An exhibition of works created in the pandemic that testify to the indomitable nature of artists and to art’s ability to communicate a spectrum of emotion that may be difficult to convey in any other modality.
Art Students League History
Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925–1945
May 28, 2020, 1:17 PM
The Art Students League provided fertile ground for the Mexican remake of American art.
Notable work from students in the classes of Janet A. Cook, Christopher Gallego, Leonid Gervits, Oscar Garcia, and Marshall Jones.
Modernism, beauty, aesthetic experience: These concepts are very much alive with my students.
Notable work from students in the classes of Costa Vavagiakis, Robin Smith, Jeff Buckland, Jerry Weiss, Paul Oestreicher & Christopher Raccioppi, and Gregg Kreutz.