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at CHEIM & READ Gallery, NYC
Louise Fishman is an Abstract Expressionist painter, who first began her study of painting in the late 1950’s and has been exhibiting in galleries and museums since the 1960’s. She currently show her works at Cheim & Read, NYC.
Fishman was born in Pennsylvania in 1939 into a family of painters and she studied at many of the prestigious art schools of Philadelphia before getting her master’s degree from the University of Illinois. Recently she was in the news because of her marriage to Ingrid Nyeboe, a graphic designer. The artist lives and works in New York City.
Most of these works were inspired by a trip she took to Venice, Italy. Reminiscing, she paints, the blues, greens, ivory and browns she saw there, representing Venice’s sky, water, architecture, pedestrian streets, canals, boats and people. In these current works, Louise Fishman uses broad swathes of color, often organized in loose geometric patterns. Most pieces have thick residual paint at the edges of the strokes and in some, you will even find large “globs” of paint used as elements within the paintings. She uses brushes and found objects to apply or scrape the paint.
Today you will find other artist working in an Abstract Expressionist style, but Fishman is different, she started Ab Ex painting during the final edge of the original New York Abstract Expressionist movement.
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| “AFLOAT IN THE MYSTIC BLUE” 2012 Oil on jute 51 x 30 inches |
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| “ASSUNTA” 2012 Oil on linen 70 x 60 inches |
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| “CROSSING THE RUBICON” 2012 Oil on linen 66 x 57 inches |
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| “DECEMBER” 2011 Oil on jute 51 x 88 inches |
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| “VIOLETS FOR MY FURS” 2010 Oil on jute 50 x 42 inches |
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| “ZERO AT THE BONE 2010 Oil on linen 70 x 60 inches |
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| SERENISSIMA 2012 Oil on linen 70 x 88 inches |
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| THE SALT-WAVY TUMULT 2012 Oil on linen 70 x 88 inches |
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| “POSTSCRIPT” 2010 Oil on linen 50 x 42 inches |
A silent video showing Fishman’s work, displayed at Cheim & Read Gallery.
