Alison Van Pelt (1963) - photo 1

Alison Van Pelt

Alison Van Pelt is an American painter. Trained in Los Angeles and Florence, Van Pelt is established as a contemporary artist whose work is informed by expressionism, minimalism and pop art. Her distinctive photorealist painting style is evocative of that era, when photography was assimilated into the art world. Van Pelt begins by referencing a photograph or other existing image from which she draws and paints a realistic portrait entirely by hand. Next comes the work of obscuring the carefully rendered image. From a distance the image appears soft, as though photographed through a mist. But as the viewer approaches the work, vertical lines can be seen, and on closer inspection a sort of horizontal weave emerges.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:16 september 1963, Los Angeles, USA
Nationality:USA
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Animalist, Artist, Painter, Portraitist
Genre:Animalistic, Nude art, Portrait
Art style:Expressionism, Minimalism, Pop Art, Photorealism
Technique:Oil, Oil on canvas

Creators USA

Alfonso Iannelli (1888 - 1965)
Alfonso Iannelli
1888 - 1965
Timothy Chapman (1956)
Timothy Chapman
1956
Joan Brown (1938 - 1990)
Joan Brown
1938 - 1990
Andrea Zittel (1965)
Andrea Zittel
1965
Bumpei Akaji (1921 - 2002)
Bumpei Akaji
1921 - 2002
Esteban Vicente (1903 - 2001)
Esteban Vicente
1903 - 2001
William T. Williams (1942)
William T. Williams
1942
Pat Steir (1940)
Pat Steir
1940
Vanessa Beecroft (1969)
Vanessa Beecroft
1969
Jan Balet (1913 - 2009)
Jan Balet
1913 - 2009
Jim Love (1927 - 2005)
Jim Love
1927 - 2005
Louis Frank Dlugosz (1915 - 2002)
Louis Frank Dlugosz
1915 - 2002
Daniel Chester French (1850 - 1931)
Daniel Chester French
1850 - 1931
Michael Gitlin (1943)
Michael Gitlin
1943
Hank Willis Thomas (1976)
Hank Willis Thomas
1976
Robert Berks (1922 - 2011)
Robert Berks
1922 - 2011

Creators Expressionism

Jeppe Hein (1974)
Jeppe Hein
1974
Martin Munkácsi (1896 - 1963)
Martin Munkácsi
1896 - 1963
Marcus Behmer (1879 - 1958)
Marcus Behmer
1879 - 1958
Giovanni Stradone (1911 - 1981)
Giovanni Stradone
1911 - 1981
Muriel Köhler-Docmac (1973)
Muriel Köhler-Docmac
1973
Alain Jacquet (1939 - 2008)
Alain Jacquet
1939 - 2008
Marcel Marti (1925 - 2010)
Marcel Marti
1925 - 2010
Viviane Sassen (1972)
Viviane Sassen
1972
Edvard Frank (1909 - 1972)
Edvard Frank
1909 - 1972
Débora Arango (1907 - 2005)
Débora Arango
1907 - 2005
Shomei Tomatsu (1930 - 2012)
Shomei Tomatsu
1930 - 2012
Gordon Parks (1912 - 2006)
Gordon Parks
1912 - 2006
Barnett Newman (1905 - 1970)
Barnett Newman
1905 - 1970
Rodolphe-Théophile Bosshard (1889 - 1960)
Rodolphe-Théophile Bosshard
1889 - 1960
Vyacheslav Vasilievich Kalinin (1939 - 2022)
Vyacheslav Vasilievich Kalinin
1939 - 2022
Carl-Heinz Kliemann (1924 - 2016)
Carl-Heinz Kliemann
1924 - 2016
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