Submitted by Brett Baker on December 20, 2011
Artist/teachers from Thomas Eakins to Robert Henri and Charles W. Hawthorne have played an important role in shaping generations of American artists. From the mid-century and into the post-war period Josef Albers had a great and lasting influence on American art. His famous color exercises, collected in the seminal text The Interaction of Color, were published in 1963 with the help of his students.
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http://diggingpitt.blogspot.com/2011/04/closing-reception-for-painters-legacy.html
John Morris blogs about the exhibition A Painter's Legacy: The Students of Samuel Rosenberg. The press release states: "A Painter’s Legacy is an expansive exhibit comprised of the rich and diverse work of individual artists taught and influenced by Samuel Rosenberg. A professor at Carnegie Mellon University (formerly Carnegie Institute of Technology) for 40 years and at the Young Men & Women’s Hebrew Association for 39 years, Rosenberg is credited with directly influencing four successive generations of artists." The exhibition included work by 54 artists including painter Philip Pearlstein.
A Painter's Legacy: The Students of Samuel Rosenberg was on view from February 7 - April 30, 2011 at the American Jewish Museum, Pittsburgh, PA.
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http://artinthestudio.blogspot.com/2011/04/art-context-in-provincetown.html
Beginning with her personal connection to Provincetown painting, Nancy Natale blogs a brief history of painting in Provincetown including the profiles of Charles Webster Hawthorne, Hans Hofmann, Henry Hensche, three "teachers who influenced generations of artists in and outside of Provincetown." Natale also discusses the divisions created by the teachers' "conflicting theories of painting." The post ends with a brief history of the Fine Arts Work Center and contemporary painters who live and work in Provincetown today.
