Nell Blaine (1922 - 1996)
Nell Blaine
Nell Blair Walden Blaine was an American landscape painter, expressionist, and watercolorist. From Richmond, Virginia, she had most of her career based in New York City and Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Blaine resisted classifying her work, which explored color and the interplay of light and shade. The subject matter was primarily landscapes of the Hudson River made from her apartment window, vases of flowers, still lifes, home interiors, or her garden at Gloucester, Massachusetts. She once said, "The artist needs a permissive atmosphere. I am not involved in impressionism, and I have turned from my former total abstract presentation. Mine are action paintings. I want to be surprised by what I am doing. An artist must be his own leader, no matter what direction he takes."
| Date and place of birt: | 10 july 1922, Richmond, USA |
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| Date and place of death: | 14 november 1996, New York City, USA |
| Nationality: | USA |
| Period of activity: | XX century |
| Specialization: | Artist, Painter |
| Art school / group: | New York School |
| Genre: | Flower still life, Landscape painting, Portrait, Still life |
| Art style: | Expressionism |
