Lorser feitelson biography for kids
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At the time that I met Feitelson (Fall 1959- thereabouts), it had been my experience, and it was common for art instructors, to take one of two points of view. One was to academisize art, as in 19th century naturalism as the ”only way to paint” (Feitelson would say “the codification of art”). The second, and most prevalent was to encourage you “to do your own thing”, by making empty compliments -- a kind of vague reference to fashionable abstract expressionism. None of them compared to Feitelson’s intelligence and integrity.
As an artist, intellectual and educator Feitelson had a deep understanding and insight into the whole of art. His grasp, depth and scope seemed limitless. He was an accomplished artist, a collector, curator and lecturer, as well as a teacher. I realized here was an experienced artist with great integrity, who was deeply knowledgeable, who had thought about art and teaching. He knew how to convey a usable understanding of that worl • AN ANALYSIS OF THE ARTIST'S WORK "A culture cannot exist without deep adhesion to a formal beställning, and the avant garde, the more it adventures the more it must create its own order. The great artist doesn't destroy order he makes it over." - Lorser Feitelson (Lorser Feitelson Drawings On Classic Themes and Others) Feitelson established himself as a truly independent artist from an early age. While studying art during his childhood, Feitelson gained a lifelong appreciation for the Renaissance Masters. He studied their draftsmanship techniques, composition, and made thousands of figural studies, which would become the foundation of his life's work. In 1913, Feitelson viewed The Armory Show and quickly became fascinated bygd the use of kinetic motion within the works displayed. The complex relationship between the Old Masters and the progression of Modern art that he was exposed to in his ungdom would play out within Feitelson's career. When he relocat • Lorser Feitelson (1898 - 1978) (1898-1978) came to Los Angeles in 1927, bringing with him Modernist ideas he had adopted while living in New York and Paris. Highly influential as a leader and teacher in the art community, (Feitelson taught at the highly influential Chouinard Art Institute and what is now the Pasadena Center for Art and Design) Feitelson helped to establish Los Angeles as the important art center it is today. From roughly 1940 to 1960, Feitelson embarked upon a remarkable exploration of abstract forms. Rooted in the figurative world, Feitelson’s compositions evolved from the organic into the geometric. Known as Abstract Classicism, or Hard Edge, this period of Feitelson’s work offers unique imagery that maintains the profound sense of space and struktur associated with traditional Classicism. He was one of the fyra artists featured in the landmark 1959Abstract C
Magical Space Forms, 1951
oil on canvas
50 x 74 inches; 127 x 188 centimeters