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Snake River : A Personal Search, Eva Havas Slinker

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis includes twenty landscape paintings, primarily oil on canvas, inspired by a trip to the Hell's Canyon Country of the Snake River.

The search for a personal idiom necessitated introspection, and the visual interpretation of the recalled experience required that formal issues of painting be synthesized to communicate the essential response to the landscape. The images progress from the depiction of deep space to compositions of the component parts of the landscape: trees, water, and rock.

Enhanced Realism In The Development Of My Painting, Zifen Qian

Dissertations and Theses

It is a basic truth that the artist must have independent experience and personality in order to create art from life. Combining a traditional realistic style with some elements of abstract composition fits my personality. My paintings represent a pursuit of this idea that is the enhanced realism in the development of my painting.

Things Seen And Remembered, Charlien Dee Fitzpatrick

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis project consists of twenty oil paintings and watercolors. It is a series of visual problems based on work from direct observation as opposed to work from imagination. The concern is to show how the works from observed nature affect the imaginary pieces and how the imaginary works lend unexpected elements to the observed works. With a particular interest in color, visual energy, and painterly form, the project shows how these two avenues of exploration start out separately and eventually blend.

Francis Cunningham: Painting And Drawing, University Of Richmond Museums

Exhibition Brochures

Francis Cunningham: Painting and Drawing

March 14 to April 5, 1989

Marsh Art Gallery

Introduction

Realism is an attitude toward life that affirms the beauty and significance of the visible world. Realism starts outside with the surfaces of things and travels inward to their meaning. Everything in this process has to do with selection. What has the object told a particular artist about itself, about its relationship to other objects and to the surrounding space?

In life one takes in things at a glance, but the artist looks at an object for hours, weeks, months, even years. Premier coup painting …

Boudica: An Illustrated Narrative, Robin A. Ator

Dissertations and Theses

I study painting and composition for its own sake, and in this program I am pursuing it from a narrative or pictorial stance, much as did earlier artists, and doing so in contemporary terms. Distinguished examples of illustrators could include such artists as Raphael, Michelangelo, Rembrandt and Rubens, and modern practitioners such as Wyeth and Baskin.

The illustrator needs not only control of his means, but also other qualities in addition to those of a studio painter. He needs an imagination that will allow portrayal of scenes and viewpoints that can't be arranged in a studio. The artist's memory and …

Mark Rhodes/Ephraim Rubenstein: Sculpture, Painting, And Drawing, University Of Richmond Museums

Exhibition Brochures

Mark Rhodes/Ephraim Rubenstein: Sculpture, Painting, and Drawing

November 29 to December 18, 1988

Marsh Art Gallery

Introduction

The art of Ephraim Rubenstein and Mark Rhodes is art about the human figure, born out of personal experience and nourished by the great tradition of the figure in western culture. Indeed, the persistence of the human form in art from prehistoric times into the 20th Century, demonstrates not only the infinite variety of interpretations and expressions possible through the body, but our consistent need for self-realization and re-creation through the figure. The particular pieces in this show convey a remarkable cumulative visual …

Prints From Presses, Wright State University Art Galleries

Exhibition and Program Catalogs

This catalog features a selection of works from an exhibition that featured Willem de Kooning, Wayne Thiebaud, Mark Lere, Chuck Close, and more. The exhibition was held at University Art Galleries, Wright State University, from September 21 through October 25, 1987.

Ideas And Perceptions Of The Australian Landscape, Bill Hawthorn

Research outputs pre 2011

This book is like an anthology of Australian landscape painting; it brings together for the student a range of works by artists of diverse backgrounds and different levels of commitment to the landscape as a source of imagery and it invites consideration of the paintings from a number of points of view.

The vigorous descriptions of the works together with the interesting black and white illustrations of them will focus the reader's attention on the particular quality of each. Armed with the insights and detail provided a student should find the works more accessible and more intriguing. In other words …

Street Journals: An Exhibition Of Paintings And Drawings By Robert Birmelin, University Of Richmond Museums

Exhibition Brochures

Street Journals: An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Robert Birmelin

September 5 to September 29, 1985

Marsh Art Gallery

Introduction

It is with great excitement and anticipation that the Marsh Gallery presents this exhibition of Robert Birmelin's work, STREET JOURNALS. We recognize his work as having a significant place in the tradition of art, and have seen the need to introduce the man and his art to the Richmond community. We eagerly await the reverberations from this event and the impact that Robert Birmelin will make on our students and colleagues.

Like Cezanne, Picasso, and Braque, Birmelin is …

Ten Utah Painters, Andrew Whitlock

Exhibit Catalogues

Today the art world is rich and diverse with regional as well as national art centers. As in the past, art is alive and well in Utah. The show Ten Utah Painters invites us to see and experiece what some of Utah's best contemporary artists are doing. Their paintings invite us to look and to enjoy but also to learn and open up our visual senses to a broader vista.

Image Development Through Process, Jean Handwerk Lee

Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Consider The Lilies, Norman Matheis

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Orange City, Norman Matheis

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Canna I, Norman Matheis

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Canna Ii, Norman Matheis

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Toward Improvisation, Sandra Janeen Howe

Dissertations and Theses

A thesis report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Painting.

John Baldessari, The New Museum, New York, Wright State University Art Galleries

Exhibition and Program Catalogs

The wit, intelligence, irreverence, and breadth of knowledge manifest in John Baldessari's work have made it important to many others, artists and public alike. This is the first museum exhibition, however, to show in depth the work Baldessari has done over the past fifteen years.

When The New Museum learned that an exhibition of Baldessari's photographic works was being planned at the University Art Galleries at Wright State University, the two organizations decided to join forces. While the scope and nature of our respective exhibitions differed, we felt that by jointly sponsoring the catalog, more information about Baldessari's work could …

Alternative Spaces, Wright State University Art Galleries

Exhibition and Program Catalogs

Alternative Spaces was a collaborative exhibit of 4 artists on a variety of subjects that acted much like workshops for the graduate students of the respective colleges that hosted them between the years of 1979-1980. The artist that were included in this workshop exhibit were: Dennis Adams, Michael Brewster, Steve Davis, Joan Jonas. With a focus on storytelling, these artist sought to tell stories and ideas through the mediums of sculpture, painting, film, and so on sought to teach expression in a metaphorical method. The colleges that hosted these artist were: Creative Arts Center, Wright University, California State University, Long …

Ua37/10 Christmas Card, Mary Cloe

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Christmas card depicting scenes from Winchester, Massachusetts created by Mary Cloe WKU art teacher from 1936 to 1945. Many of her Christmas cards are illustrations of her home.

Transcription:

Hows all with you? School? -- I never hear from Eliz. (Stickles) anymore what of her? Hear from Wilsons. Olga (Randolph) wrenched her back & has had trouble. I talked to Eliz. (Strayhorn) & will have lunch with her after Xmas in Cambridge. Write!

Love,

Mary Ruth

Regional Fellowship Recipients, Fine Arts Gallery Inc., Wright State University

Exhibition and Program Catalogs

This catalog features work from an exhibition of artists that were beneficiaries of a regional fellowship program funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and administered by the Art Department at Wright State University. Artists from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota were invited to submit recent work to apply for the fellowship. The exhibition was held at Wright State University Art Galleries in May of 1979.

Art Of The 60s: A View From The 70s, Wright State University Art Galleries

Exhibition and Program Catalogs

Held in October through November 1978, this is a flyer for an art exhibit ran by the Wright State University Art Galleries on the subject of art from the 1960s. It featured the works from three artists: Jae Ie Ferrara, Richard Fleischner, and Doug Hollis. Its purpose was to demonstrate the meaning of art of the 1960s in relation to trends of the 1970s. Two other speakers, Stewart Goldman and Laslo Vespremi, spoke and gave lectures alongside the exhibit.

City Center, Joanne Alberda

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

16 Projects / 4 Artists, Wright State University Art Galleries

Exhibition and Program Catalogs

During the spring and summer of 1975 Wright State University organized a cooperative workshop/exhibitions program with three other schools and, in 1976, received the support of the National Endowment for the Arts. The program consisted of sending four prominent contemporary artists to the four colleges and universities during the 1976-1977 academic year. The artists selected to participate in the program were Siah Armajani of Minneapolis, Larry Bell of Taos, Lloyd Hamrol of Santa Monica, and Pat Steir of New York, each of whom works in diverse media and materials, and all of whom represent a range of artistic and aesthetic …

Portraits Of Logan, Leroy Lawson

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The purpose of this thesis is to explain some of the historical and personal developments in the painting of portraits.

For this project, eleven models were selected all of whom showed a wide range of emotional types and were painted in oil on canvas. The subjects were placed in shallow space, and color was explored as an emotional element. The personal experiences were evaluated and ideas for future development were suggested.

Environmental Sculpture Symposium, Wright State University Art Galleries

Exhibition and Program Catalogs

An exhibit centered on environmental sculpture. This is a flyer that advertised the exhibit featuring the works of five artists: Rosalind E. Krauss, Michael Hall, Robert Irwin, Robert Doty, and Stephen Doty. It was held October 10th, 1974 at Wright State University Art Gallery.

Photographic Imagery As A Source For Iconography In Painting And Drawing, Eric Peder Brakken

All Master's Theses

Any verbalization of an artistic statement is by its very nature, an inadequate interpretation. However, I feel there is some merit in a concise declaration of my general concepts in the study. This paper represents a summation of the concepts and directions involved in my studio investigation in painting and drawing.

Specifically, it is within the scope of man's altered and effected perception of reality that I have based the studio research.

A Series Of Paintings Investigating Certain Specified Space Concepts, Michael C. Jackson

All Master's Theses

This thesis is devoted only to that work considered completely investigated: a portrait/figure series of seven paintings. In addition, the series of works with which this thesis is devoted essentially follow this format: large areas of architectural space and color versus a natural object- -a portrait figure. A play or conflict was set up between these two things; the success of the play determined the success of the painting. The factors used to judge success are basically those classical rules of composition dealing with balance: visual weight of areas, complexity, and color. The only areas manipulated were: (1) shape of …

The Investigation Of Figure-Ground Relationships In Painting, Barbara H. Jones

All Master's Theses

The thesis problem involved the investigation of figure-ground relationships in painting. This study dealt with varying experiments in space, color relationships, the juxtaposition of form, and value relationships. The media used were those common to oil, watercolor and drawing. The investigation entailed the development of form and space relationships in a series of paintings. The study included a critical evaluation regarding achievement of the expressive aims, and the conclusions drawn from individual paintings, as well as from the series. The fundamental locus lay within the figure-ground relationship and that has been the emphasis.

A Series Of Original Oil Paintings, Donald John Campbell

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study: (1) to examine, through visual and written form, the process of externalization-- the painting process, and (2) to, as objectively as possible, analyze the paintings, as objects, that are separate from the self of the artist.

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 17, No. 2, Earl F. Robacker, Ada Robacker, Don Yoder, Monroe H. Fabian, Phares H. Hertzog, William A. Reagan, Claude Unger, Lester O. Troyer, John Eby Pfautz

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• The Far-From-Lonely Heart
• Almanac Album
• Some Moravian Paintings in London
• Snakelore in Pennsylvania German Folk Medicine
• The Blacksmith and his Tools
• "Shouting, Jumping Evangelicals"
• The Old Goschenhoppen Lutheran Burial Register, 1752-1772
• Personalia from the "Amerikanischer Correspondent"
• Regionalism Among the Holmes County Amish
• The Pennsylvania German Churches and Sects (1878)
• Notes and Documents: A Curious People (1877) ; Pokes and Tuts (1964)
• Feather Beds and Chaff Bags: Folk-Cultural Questionnaire No. 6