Jean Lurssen

Abstract Landscape #6, Mixed Media on Watercolor Paper

2018

I like to delve into the abstract using the influence of nature that surrounds me. This watercolor is painted on 140lb Arches hot pressed paper using artist quality watercolors. It c...

I like to stretch the boundaries of watercolor by using other media to create lots of texture in my paintings. This painting has some sepia ink for the dark color. It comes with a wh...

An abstract landscape using watercolors and acrylic ink. I like to create abstract landscapes using ideas from the landscape around me. :: Mixed Media :: Abstract :: This piece comes...

This is a mixed media landscape painting using watercolor and acrylic inks. It comes with a white mat ready for framing. :: Mixed Media :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an offici...

Initialed lower left Framed dimensions: 16 x 18 7/8 inches Provenance The artist; Collection of Henry Dubin, Philadelphia until 2018 Exhibitions Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Living Color Modern Life: Hugh Henry Breckenridge and Arthur B. Carles, October 5-November 2, 2018. The Philadelphia modernist Arthur B. Carles was a brilliant colorist and an extraordinarily innovative painter. Though Carles trained initially at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, soaking up the more conservative teaching of William Merritt Chase and Thomas Anshutz, he was deeply influenced by the avant-garde art scene in Paris during his first trip there in 1905. In 1907, Carles won the prestigious Cresson Traveling Scholarship, which enabled him to return to Paris for several more years. This experience had a profound impact on Carles as an artist; he was extremely affected by modern French painting, especially the work of Cezanne and Matisse, and by the time Carles returned home to Philadelphia in 1912, he was a confirmed modernist. This small landscape sketch was probably painted early during Carles's career, and yet, it already reveals his strong interest in abstraction. Indeed, Landscape Abstraction demonstrates both his daring exploration of lyrical color harmonies as well as his interest in two-dimensional surface design. Painted loosely in the spontaneous medium of watercolor, Carles used thin washes and delicate pools of paint to suggest the foreground area and surrounding trees. His color palette is rich and expressive, ranging from pale greens and blues to deep red, yellow, and even purple. In addition to his remarkable career as an artist, Carles was also an incredibly gifted teacher. He taught at PAFA from 1917 to 1925 and had a very deep impact on a number of his students such as Morris Blackburn, Quita Brodhead, and Jane Piper...

A captivating watercolour painting with pastel details, depicting a landscape scene. Monogrammed 'G.B.' to the lower right-hand corner. Well-presented in a white card mount and in a ...

Abstract watercolor with bold, dynamic colors by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Unsigned and unframed. ...

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