Lennart Anderson, Edwin Dickinson, Charles Hawthorne, William Merritt Chase

Painting: Powers of Observation

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Lennart speaks about striving to paint the "quality of the place" within the subject, and avoiding being locked into one definitive drawing. He states that it's different than what they teach you in art school. As one observes and learns more about the subject, the contour and placement of the form will shift. One is always studying the internal relationships of the forms within space. This observational process is quite evident in his work through the abstracted, unselfconscious nature of his paint surface. He defines "quality" as both the value and ineffebable color.

Corn 9"x12" (approx.) Oil on Canvas by Lennart Anderson and Compilation of Still lifes by Hall Groat II

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Corn by Lennart Anderson Oil on canvas

This particular painting of corn is a quintessential example of Lennart Anderson's work. The abstracted quality of the layered paint marks, scumbles and scrapes within the negative space, communicate both "timelessness and agelessness". The evidence of the painterly process, coupled with lost and found edges, and warm against cool atmospheric tonal passages, evoke a sensation of transition, mirroring the profound nature of "mother nature". As I explain to my own students, it is impossible for humans to completely focus their attention equally on the edges that enclose forms, and make time stand still like a camera is able to do. The space that surrounds us is in constant flux. One can only focus on the specifics of a part of a form, while their peripheral vision perceives the rest as a blur. Try this and you will see for the first time.

Alarm Clock 14"x11" Oil on canvas By Hall Groat II

Persimmon 8"x8" Oil on panel By Hall Groat II

PBJ 8"x10" Oil on canvas By Hall Groat II

The End of an Era 40"x30" Oil on canvas By Hall Groat II

Beauty within a Broken World 40"x30" Oil on canvas By Hall Groat II

Doorknob 8x8" Oil on panel by Hall Groat II

Deadbolt 6"x6" Oil on panel

Pennies 6x6" Oil on panel

Fig 6"x6" Oil on panel by Hall Groat II

Sliced Lemon 8"x10" Oil on panel by Hall Groat II

Bristle Brush 7"x5" Oil on panel by Hall Groat II

Football 20"x16" Oil on canvas by Hall Groat II

Baseball with Mitt 8"x10" Oil on panel by Hall Groat II

Nude with Boulder by Lennart Anderson Oil on canvas

2010-04-16T04:06:00.000-07:00

Lennart Anderson's most recent work contains formal and aesthetic elements that are akin to the work of Edwin Dickinson and Diego Velázquez. Color contains less chroma, and the abstracted nature of the layered paint marks, scumbles and scrapes within the negative space communicate both "timelessness and agelessness".

Several critics and historians have expressed to me that this quality has been emerging in several of my own paintings, including "Bumblebee with Melting Ice".

Bumblebee With Melting Ice 14"x11" Oil on canvas by Hall Groat II

Portrait by Lennart Anderson Oil

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“Everybody is self-acquired. Everyone who is any good acquires it for themselves, everyone… This is one of the problems of being a teacher because you know if you give somebody something they’re going to have to throw it away, and maybe one day they will pick it up for themselves, but you have to acquire on your own.”

Lennart Anderson*

Lake and Trees by Lennart Anderson Oil on canvas

2010-04-16T03:56:00.000-07:00

Lennart Anderson expressed during his graduate painting class at Brooklyn College this ideal:

"Painting landscapes is like painting a box of air, you carry the viewer back into space through making little atmospheric marks with paint."

Edwin Walter Dickinson, THE BOOK 1911

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Edwin Walter Dickinson STUDIO STILL LIFE, PROVINCETOWN 1914

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Edwin Walter Dickinson STUDIO STILL LIFE, PROVINCETOWN 1914

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Pepper and Carrott by William Merritt Chase (American, 1849 -1916)

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Still life by William Merritt Chase (American, 1849 -1916)

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Association with my pupils has kept me young in my work. Criticism of their work has kept my own point of view clear.

An English Cod by William Merritt Chase (American, 1849 -1916)

2009-08-23T04:22:00.000-07:00

Edwin Dickinson "The Fossil Hunters

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Edwin Dickinson (1822-1934) Evangeline, oil/canvas, 20 x 23"

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Red Bridge over River*, circa 1985, 14 x 17, oil on canvas by Lennart Anderson

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Corn 9"x12" (approx.) Oil on Canvas by Lennart Anderson

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A brilliant sense of mystery and atmosphere!

Still Life with Mannequin (for Lotto), 1998, 30 x 40, oil on canvas by Lennart Anderson

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An Anniversary Oil on canvas by Edwin Dickinson

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Self Portrait Oil on canvas by Edwin Dickinson

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Portuguese Fisherboy Oil on canvas by Charles Hawthorne

2009-06-06T08:00:00.001-07:00

Still life Oil on canvas by Lennart Anderson

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Pepper and Potatoes 9"x11" Oil on canvas by Lennart Anderson

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The Cello Player 1924 - 1926 60″ x 48″ by Edwin Dickinson

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Still Life with Salami on Red, Plastic Dish* w/ Potato and Cherry Tomatos, 2001, 10 1/2 x 14

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Muffin with Grapes and Plums Oil on canvas by Lennart Anderson

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Head of Lettuce Oil on canvas by Lennart Anderson

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Self Portrait with Hammer and Nails. 1986 by Lennart Anderson

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