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Edward Renouf
Untitled
1973

About the Item

EDWARD RENOUF (1906-1999) This work is from Renouf's Infinites series in which he used what he referred to as "sgraffito,"(1) a technique of scratching minute scribbles through wet black oil paint with a pin point, revealing tiny traces of the gray acrylic beneath. Emanating from his long fascination with "the aleatory richness of random, often messy, and evidently impulsive quick lines" in Rambrandt's drawings, Renouf's planes of tiny jittery gestures culminate as "abstract drawings of a calligraphy that represent nothing but itself." Renouf has stated: "Philosphically, my INFINITES…are an emphatic statement of the unitary nature of existence." Intensely aware of the Far East's "aesthetic and intuitive genius and the so convincingly rational philosophical religions," Renouf approached painting as object and image at once, seeking "the holistic grasp of existential unity" and "paradox without which no profound understanding is possible." Edward Renouf was a prolific artist who worked in a variety of mediums, and is known for his paintings, drawings and sculpture. He was born in China of an American Father and German mother. He graduated from Andover Academy in 1924 and received a BA from Harvard 1928. After three years at Columbia University he spent time in Europe where he studied drawing. He spent fifteen years in Mexico finally settling in Connecticut in 1958 when he began exhibiting. His work has been shown across the US, with several solo exhibitions at the Allan Stone Gallery. Renouf's work is held in numerous public collections including the Boise Art Museum, ID; the Huntington Museum of Art, WV; Las Vegas Art Museum, NV; Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Phoenix Art Museum, AZ; Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS and Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT. His work was exhibited in several of these institutions in 2011 as part of The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States. (1) All quotes from a 1980s artist statement by Edward Renouf

Creator:
Edward Renouf (1906 - 1999)
Creation Year:
1973
Dimensions:
Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 16 in (40.64 cm)
Medium:
Masonite,Oil
Movement & Style:
Abstract Expressionist
Period:
1970-1979
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Port Chester, NY
Reference Number:
Seller: ER 1511stDibs: LU15023829621