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

Gertrude Fiske (1879 - 1961)
Gertrude Fiske
1879 - 1961
Laura Owens (1970)
Laura Owens
1970
John Chiara (1971)
John Chiara
1971
Chris Burden (1946 - 2015)
Chris Burden
1946 - 2015
Walter Howell Deverell (1827 - 1854)
Walter Howell Deverell
1827 - 1854
Massimo Agostinelli (1987)
Massimo Agostinelli
1987
Terry Avon Redlin (1937 - 2016)
Terry Avon Redlin
1937 - 2016
Rudy Autio (1926 - 2007)
Rudy Autio
1926 - 2007
William Klein (1928 - 2022)
William Klein
1928 - 2022
William Glackens (1870 - 1938)
William Glackens
1870 - 1938
Thomas Calloway Lea III (1907 - 2001)
Thomas Calloway Lea III
1907 - 2001
Hans Haacke (1936)
Hans Haacke
1936
Pierre Clerk (1928)
Pierre Clerk
1928
Walter Pach (1883 - 1958)
Walter Pach
1883 - 1958
Keith Puccinelli (1950 - 2017)
Keith Puccinelli
1950 - 2017
Darius Cobb (1834 - 1919)
Darius Cobb
1834 - 1919

Creators Expressionism

Henri Hayden (1883 - 1970)
Henri Hayden
1883 - 1970
Sofya Isaakovna Dymshits-Tolstaya (1884 - 1963)
Sofya Isaakovna Dymshits-Tolstaya
1884 - 1963
Ernst Mollenhauer (1892 - 1963)
Ernst Mollenhauer
1892 - 1963
Dieter Stoever (1922 - 1984)
Dieter Stoever
1922 - 1984
Ina Lindemann (1950)
Ina Lindemann
1950
Dorothy Ianonne (1933 - 2022)
Dorothy Ianonne
1933 - 2022
Friedemann Hahn (1949)
Friedemann Hahn
1949
Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones (1930 - 2017)
Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones
1930 - 2017
Carlos Matter (1951)
Carlos Matter
1951
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bazhbeuk-Melikyan (1891 - 1966)
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bazhbeuk-Melikyan
1891 - 1966
Roy DeCarava (1919 - 2009)
Roy DeCarava
1919 - 2009
Alexey Vasilievich Kamensky (1927 - 2014)
Alexey Vasilievich Kamensky
1927 - 2014
Nikolai Benois (1901 - 1988)
Nikolai Benois
1901 - 1988
Braulio Salazar (1917 - 2008)
Braulio Salazar
1917 - 2008
Genesis Tramaine (1983)
Genesis Tramaine
1983
Sándor Pinczehelyi (1946)
Sándor Pinczehelyi
1946
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