CURRENT EXHIBITION

‘The Power of the Figure in American Painting.’

Featuring artworks by:

Marshall Arisman, William Theophilus Brown,
Lin Fischer, John Goodman, Gail Chadell Nanao,
Kenjilo Nanao, Nathan Oliveira and Valentin Popov.

March 20 - April 26, 2024

FIRST TUESDAY Mill Valley Art Walk:
Tuesday April 2nd 5:30 - 8:30

Gail Chadell Nanao, Reckless Red Nude II, 2021, oil on canvas, 40 x 30 inches

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Kenjilo Nanao (1929-2013), Seated Nude, 1961, oil on canvas, 21 x 18 inches

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John Goodman, Bowing Figure 5, 2013, oil on panel, 44 x 30 inches

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Lin Fischer, High Back Chair, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 24 inches

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Nathan Oliveira (1928-2010), Seated Nude with Arms Raised, 1962, oil on canvas, 50 x 45 inches

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William Theophilus Brown, {1919-2012}, Bathers, 1987, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 28 inches

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Valentin Popov, Upside Down, 2009, oil on canvas, 75 x 43 inches

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Since the classical period of Western civilization, the depiction of the human form has been the measure of all things. It began then and was reaffirmed in Renaissance Europe fifteen hundred years later. While innovative styles have broadened the scope of the human experience in art, and gave us Abstract Expressionism and non-objective art. The figure has never disappeared from painting and remains a touchstone of our expression.

This exhibition explores some ways American artists have portrayed the human form during the twentieth and twenty first centuries.

- Kim Eagles-Smith