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Olivio Tubaro, Madison Figurski, Sam Gomez
What is Photorealism?
Artistic style, creating a painting resembling a photograph accurately and detailed
Term coined by Louis K. Meisel › “They’re using the photograph, they’re being
very open about it. It’s photographic realism. I don’t know, Photorealism.”
Aims to create paintings that show what the camera sees
Referred to as: super-realism, new realism, sharp focus realism, and hyper-realism
The Beginning
United States
Late 1960’s, early 1970’s
Evolved from Pop Art and Impressionism
Reaction against Abstract Expressionism and Minimalism
“Marylin” – Andy Warhol “The Terrace” 1881 – Pierre Auguste
Pop Art Impressionism
Abstract Expressionism
Characteristics Use camera and photographs Mechanical means to transfer photo to
canvas› Projection› Grid technique
Canvas usually larger than original photo
Change and movement frozen in time Style- tight and precise Plain urban and suburban subject
matter
Invention of Photography
Artists deny their work is imitation
Caused artists to challenge themselves› Replicating what they saw
Many artists turned to a career in photography
Media and Materials
A photograph is an essential and mandatory tool for creating a photorealistic painting
Technical means of image transfer
Popular materials: pen, ink, watercolor, pastels, oils, and prints
Key Artists
Richard Estes Richard Bechtle Duane Hanson Robert Cottingham Chuck Close Don Eddy
Chuck Close
One of the biggest names of the Photorealism movement Used grids to transfer photographic information onto a canvas Painted with a sequence of colors to
reproduce a photograph Painted portraits
Self Portrait- Chuck Close(1969)
http://www.walkerart.org/calendar/2005/chuck-close-self-portraits-1967-2005
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http://danapress.typepad.com/.a/6a01156f9c01e7970c017d3ccd25ed970c-300wi
Mark- Chuck Close (1978-79)
http://abisdale.blogspot.com/2011/04/hanging-around-met.html
Leslie-Chuck Close, 1972
http://s3.amazonaws.com/pace-production/images/artworks/3285/normal/22550_CLOSE.jpg?1348236356
John- Chuck Close, 1971http://270c81.medialib.glogster.com/media/09/0958f1ef8c11fec7699530d080c81caefc490acef049ea45eac1bbb2d19ef4ea/close-310x310-jpg.jpg
Emma- Chuck Close
Herb- Chuck Close, 2003
http://images.artnet.com/artwork_images/826/156622.jpg
Don Eddy
Focuses on objects Merges many images onto one painting Draws a map of picture onto canvas Adds layers of color to produce an
image
Autumn Light- Don Eddy, 1986
http://www.nancyhoffmangallery.com/images/DE/large_DE01g22_autumnLight.jpg
http://artregister.com/SeavestIntroductiontoCollection/Catalogue/EddySilverShoes.html
Silver Shoes- Don Eddy, 1972
http://www.doneddyart.com/storage/Green%20underpainting%20stage.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1327870942508
Cyan layer of a painting
Brown layer of a painting
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http://www.doneddyart.com/storage/Purple%20underpainting%20stage.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1327871038963
Purple layer of a painting
Overpainting stage of a picture http://www.doneddyart.com/
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Richard Estes
The leader of Photorealism
Specialized in Urban landscapes
Moments of emptiness
Liked reflections in windows and glass
Richard Estes- Candy Store (1969)
http://www.weareprivate.net/blog/?p=16239
Richard Estes- Thom Mcan Clothing Store (1974)http://www.weareprivate.net/blog/?p=16241
Richard Estes- Central Savings (1975)
Richard Estes- Telephone booths (1967)http://www.escapeintolife.com/painting/richard-estes/
Richard Estes- Nedick’s (1970)
Richard Bechtle
Influenced by Europe and Pop Art Painted mundane subjects such as cars Preferred suburban landscapes Took colored slides and projected them
onto a canvas “Snap Shot” images
Robert Bechtle- Foster’s Freeze, Escalon (1975)
http://horsesthink.com/?p=2434
Robert Bechtle- Jetta (2003)
http://www.artlies.org/article.php?id=1252&issue=47&s=1
Richard Bechtle- Agua Caliente Nova (1975)
http://www.artlies.org/article.php?id=1252&issue=47&s=1
Richard Bechtle- Potrero Table (1994)
http://www.artlies.org/article.php?id=1252&issue=47&s=1
Duane Hanson
Highly Realistic Sculptor Style: sculptors consist of life size casts from
human models of everyday people engaged in ordinary activities
Sculptors finished with clothing, hair, jewelry and other accessories
Unlike 2D paintings, Hanson’s 3D objects are familiar in their appearance.
His sculptors question: how should art exist? What should it be? What should it do? And how does the viewer interact?
Duane Hanson-Supermarket Shopper (1970)
Duane Hanson- Queenie II (1988)
Duane Hanson- Traveller (1988)
Duane Hanson- Tourists II (1988)
By Duane Hanson
Robert Cottingham Born in New York in 1935 Studied advertising and graphic design After graduating he was an art director at advertising
agencies where he was involved with all aspects of design and production
Style: the same character and subject matter he is known for, rendered images of neon signs, agricultural details, storefronts, and elements of urban America
He encourages the viewer to focus on the play of light and passage through time through his work as he records a 20th century landscape. He finds aspects of these paintings at awkward angles and use bold zones of colors situated in shallow spaces
RobertCottingham-ART
By Robert Cottingham
-Robert Cottingham
-Robert Cottingham
Critics/Audience
Attracted wide audience › New ways of painting› Illusions- reality
Art critics– “Not art, but masterful copying.”
The association of Photorealism to Trompe L’oeil, “fool the eye”, is wrongly attributed
Impact on art Today
Photorealist paintings still being created, but now with even more accuracy and precision with the help of technology› Hyperrealism
http://www.kqed.org/arts/programs/spark/profile.jsp?essid=4813