Book details

  • Genre:art
  • Sub-genre:Individual Artists / Monographs
  • Language:English
  • Pages:100
  • Paperback ISBN:9798317812898

Richard Pantell Paintings & Prints

By Richard Pantell Paintings & Prints

Overview

Explore a fifty-year encapsulation of paintings, etchings, and lithographs by Bronx-born Woodstock artist, Richard Pantell. A witness to and participant in unfolding history, Pantell stays true to his vision despite changing art trends. Distilling these life experiences into his art, he brings unique individuals to life within their evocative environments through "painted stories". A thoughtful essay by art historian and curator Bruce Weber enlightens the fifty-one illustrated works of art.
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Description

Beginning with an essay by art historian and curator Bruce Weber, this book features a collection of nearly fifty years of paintings and prints by Woodstock, New York artist Richard Pantell. His works were not created for art's sake, but rather as a portrait of Americana as expressed through "painted stories". Pantell's earlier works are staged in urban landscapes with a small lone figure as the starring focus. His recent paintings of bathers often feature the same woman in distinctly different environments, sometimes alienated physically and psychologically. Much of the work has subtle social commentary and some of it, not so subtle. Illustrated with fifty-one works of art.
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About The Author

Bruce Weber is an art historian and poet currently living in Saugerties, New York. He has served as a curator at several museums, including the Norton Museum of Art and the Museum of the City of New York, and is the former long-term director of research and exhibitions at Berry-Hill Galleries in Manhattan. He has organized numerous exhibitions and written extensively on the subject of American art from the 19th century to the present day, including on William Merritt Chase, Stuart Davis, Marsden Hartley, and recently on the engraver, watercolorist and painter Norma Morgan. Dr. Weber produces and writes for the website Learning Woodstock Art Colony. He also has published six books of poetry, most recently There Are Too Many Words in My House.
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