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1926 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Sally Avery with Still Life
1930 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Bucolic Landscape
If you read this blog regularly, you already know; that I need time to allow my art palate to rest, before I start doing research on a new artist. In order to savor the unique themes and techniques of each new artist, I need to let my visual and emotional senses breathe. It is not so easy as reaching for a light sorbet or some fruit or a simple soup, but it surely seems to be necessary for me. Perhaps it is just advancing age.
1930 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Artist's Wife
Here, the semi-abstract works of Milton Avery seem to be just what I need. Born in New York, he studied at the Connecticut League of Art Students in Hartford under Charles Noel Flagg and at the Art Society School there under Albertus Jones.
1936 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Vermont Hills
But the practical Avery worked in a series of manufacturing jobs and with an insurance company until 1924. He moved to New York in 1925, marrying the artist Sally Michel soon after. During those early, lean years, Sally was able to support him with her work as an illustrator.
1937 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Bridge to the Sea
He was ready for his 1st one-man show in 1928 at the city's aptly named Opportunity Gallery. This initial show was followed by decades of exhibits at galleries and museums.
1940 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Gaspe Pink Sky
Avery explained,"I always take something out of my pictures, strip the design to essentials; the facts do not interest me so much as the essence of nature. I never have any rules to follow. I follow myself. I began painting by myself in the Connecticut countryside, always directly from nature....I have long been interested in trying to express on canvas a painting with a few, large, simplified spaces."
1945 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Woman with a Hat
The similar color field painting of his friend Mark Rothko was beginning to define itself as well, but Avery clung to representation throughout his career producing portraits, still lifes, and landscapes defined by lines and zones.
1943 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Checker Players
1944 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Autumn
1944 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Cello Player
1944 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Green Chair
1944 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Two Figures at Desk
1945 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Female Painter
1945 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Figure by Pool
1944 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Sketching by the Sea
1946 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Sally
1947 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Adolescence 1947
1947 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Blue Nude 1947
1947 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Oregon Coast
1947 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Self-Portrait
1950 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Reclining Reader
1950 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Two Women
Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Seated Figure
1951 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Sketchers by the Stream
1952 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Sheep
1952 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Breaking Sea
1952 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Shapes of Spring
1953 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Advancing Sea
1954 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Bicycle Rider by the Loire
1954 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Nude Combing Hair
1954 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Green Sea
1954 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) White Wave
1956 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Conversation
1957 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Birds Over Sky
1957 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Poetry Reading
1957 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) White Moon
1958 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Green Sea
1958 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Sail
1958 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Offshore Island
1958 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Onrushing Wave
1958 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Sea Grasses and Blue Sea
1959 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Outdoor Sketcher
1959 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Black Sea
1960 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Interlude
1960 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Robed Nude
1961 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Blue Bay and Dunes
Read more about Milton Avery here.
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Beautiful work!! I love it, K
ReplyDeleteI adore this art.
ReplyDeleteThis is a pretty neat project! I think my favorites are the first and
ReplyDeletelast one because they really captured the essence of the original. I know there's a project somewhere of an artist that did paintings that look just like photographs.
I'll try to find a link to share with you because that one was
pretty amazing too!
Pictures to paintings
photos to paintings
photo to painting
picture to painting
painting from photo
Thank you for your extensive post on Milton Avery, my favorite painter. I mentioned your site on my blog. Come visit!
ReplyDeleteYour photo of 1945 Milton Avery (American artist, 1885-1965) Woman with a Hat was my mother, Suzanne. My mother created most if not all of the hats worn by Avery's models. Thanks for the great blog.
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