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Born 1949. Known for: Super real figure-genre, abstraction.
Having earned a reputation for contemporary realism, especially figurative works of subjects in and around swimming pools, Lorraine Shemish turned to gestural, abstract painting in the mid 1990s... Read full biography
Having earned a reputation for contemporary realism, especially figurative works of subjects in and around swimming pools, Lorraine Shemish turned to gestural, abstract painting in the mid 1990s after seeing an exhibition of Jackson Pollock's work at New York's Museum of Modern Art. After this... Read full biography
Having earned a reputation for contemporary realism, especially figurative works of subjects in and around swimming pools, Lorraine Shemish turned to gestural, abstract painting in the mid 1990s after seeing an exhibition of Jackson Pollock's work at New York's Museum of Modern Art. After this change in approach, her figural depictions are still recognizable, but they are abstracted and devoid of narrative meaning. Shemish had her first solo show with the Stone Gallery in May 1983.... Read full biography
Having earned a reputation for contemporary realism, especially figurative works of subjects in and around swimming pools, Lorraine Shemish turned to gestural, abstract painting in the mid 1990s after seeing an exhibition of Jackson Pollock's work at New York's Museum of Modern Art. After this change in approach, her figural depictions are still recognizable, but they are abstracted and devoid of narrative meaning. Shemish had her first solo show with the Stone Gallery in May 1983. ----------------------------------------------------------------------. Note from Claudia Stone: . Lorraine Shemesh is a figurative painter best known for her "Painted Pool" series. Here, being true to nature enables Shemesh to record a dazzling array of... Read full biography
Having earned a reputation for contemporary realism, especially figurative works of subjects in and around swimming pools, Lorraine Shemish turned to gestural, abstract painting in the mid 1990s after seeing an exhibition of Jackson Pollock's work at New York's Museum of Modern Art. After this change in approach, her figural depictions are still recognizable, but they are abstracted and devoid of narrative meaning. Shemish had her first solo show with the Stone Gallery in May 1983. ----------------------------------------------------------------------. Note from Claudia Stone: . Lorraine Shemesh is a figurative painter best known for her "Painted Pool" series. Here, being true to nature enables Shemesh to record a dazzling array of painterly gestures, some of them squarely within the tradition of Abstract Expressionism. Shemesh is a skilled artist, but that isn'... Read full biography
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Keywords (13)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Gestural/ Action /Drip/Poured Painting
- •Photo Realism, Hyperrealism, Super Realism
- •Pure Abstraction, Line, Shape, Color, Texture
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty