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1936 Roselle Park, New Jersey - 2000 Belchertown, Massachusetts. Known for: Self portrait, fantasy views and still-life painting.
Born in Roselle Park, New Jersey, realist and expressionist painter Gregory Gillespie had a strict Catholic Church upbringing, which influences his painting and mix-media sculpture that frequently... Read full biography
Born in Roselle Park, New Jersey, realist and expressionist painter Gregory Gillespie had a strict Catholic Church upbringing, which influences his painting and mix-media sculpture that frequently has religious imagery. He was one of the artists who "came of age" in the 1970s and felt much pressure... Read full biography
Born in Roselle Park, New Jersey, realist and expressionist painter Gregory Gillespie had a strict Catholic Church upbringing, which influences his painting and mix-media sculpture that frequently has religious imagery. He was one of the artists who "came of age" in the 1970s and felt much pressure by the Abstract Expressionists to "paint from the gut" but emerged with a personal style based on Realism influenced by Abstract Expressionism. He is especially known for his self portraits, and in... Read full biography
Born in Roselle Park, New Jersey, realist and expressionist painter Gregory Gillespie had a strict Catholic Church upbringing, which influences his painting and mix-media sculpture that frequently has religious imagery. He was one of the artists who "came of age" in the 1970s and felt much pressure by the Abstract Expressionists to "paint from the gut" but emerged with a personal style based on Realism influenced by Abstract Expressionism. He is especially known for his self portraits, and in these paintings often probes social and psychological issues of gender and identity. Gillespie studied art in New York City at Cooper Union where he was much influenced by books of 14th and 15th century Italian painting and also by Max Beckmann. He... Read full biography
Born in Roselle Park, New Jersey, realist and expressionist painter Gregory Gillespie had a strict Catholic Church upbringing, which influences his painting and mix-media sculpture that frequently has religious imagery. He was one of the artists who "came of age" in the 1970s and felt much pressure by the Abstract Expressionists to "paint from the gut" but emerged with a personal style based on Realism influenced by Abstract Expressionism. He is especially known for his self portraits, and in these paintings often probes social and psychological issues of gender and identity. Gillespie studied art in New York City at Cooper Union where he was much influenced by books of 14th and 15th century Italian painting and also by Max Beckmann. He earned an M.F.A. degree at the San Francisco Art Institute and studied in Italy for eight years where he immersed... Read full biography
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Keywords (22)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Outer Space, Science Fiction
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
- •Still Life
Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Art School
- •Cooper Union Art School, Cooper School of Design, Student
- •San Francisco Art Institute, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Sara Roby Foundation
- •Seavest Collection of Contemporary Realism
Added Description
- •Portrait Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art