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Born 1943 Washington, District Of Columbia. Known for: Figure painter-often nude, interiors.
Alan Feltus, born in Washington DC, is a figurative painter of contemporary classicism, which is rooted iconically in artwork of the Italian Renaissance but has a timeless, melancholy aspect related... Read full biography
Alan Feltus, born in Washington DC, is a figurative painter of contemporary classicism, which is rooted iconically in artwork of the Italian Renaissance but has a timeless, melancholy aspect related to Modernism. However, his fascination with the Italian Old Masters and the culture of Italy,... Read full biography
Alan Feltus, born in Washington DC, is a figurative painter of contemporary classicism, which is rooted iconically in artwork of the Italian Renaissance but has a timeless, melancholy aspect related to Modernism. However, his fascination with the Italian Old Masters and the culture of Italy, inspired him in 1987 to buy a farm near Assisi, Italy and became a full-time resident. His figure subjects, often depicted in pairs in interior settings, usually have dark hair, simple clothing, "downturned... Read full biography
Alan Feltus, born in Washington DC, is a figurative painter of contemporary classicism, which is rooted iconically in artwork of the Italian Renaissance but has a timeless, melancholy aspect related to Modernism. However, his fascination with the Italian Old Masters and the culture of Italy, inspired him in 1987 to buy a farm near Assisi, Italy and became a full-time resident. His figure subjects, often depicted in pairs in interior settings, usually have dark hair, simple clothing, "downturned mouths and sideways glances" with limbs that are "almost sculpturally smooth and characteristically bent into intriguing puzzlelike patterns. unspecified narratives hover in the air, and the inhabitants seem lost in their own separate worlds of... Read full biography
Alan Feltus, born in Washington DC, is a figurative painter of contemporary classicism, which is rooted iconically in artwork of the Italian Renaissance but has a timeless, melancholy aspect related to Modernism. However, his fascination with the Italian Old Masters and the culture of Italy, inspired him in 1987 to buy a farm near Assisi, Italy and became a full-time resident. His figure subjects, often depicted in pairs in interior settings, usually have dark hair, simple clothing, "downturned mouths and sideways glances" with limbs that are "almost sculpturally smooth and characteristically bent into intriguing puzzlelike patterns. unspecified narratives hover in the air, and the inhabitants seem lost in their own separate worlds of memory." (American Arts Quarterly, 54-55) He does not paint from models and rarely shows objec... Read full biography
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Keywords (19)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Abstract Figurative, Human Figure
- •Abstraction and Realism; Semi Abstract
- •Photo Realism, Hyperrealism, Super Realism
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Interior Scenes
- •Narrative, Story Telling
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Self-Portrait
Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Awards/Recognition
- •National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
- •Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
- •Prix de Rome Prize
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Sara Roby Foundation
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
- •Nude Figure Specialty