Cleve Gray

Conjunction #203

1975

CLEVE GRAY Three, 1989 Acrylic on canvas 57 x 79 inches

Richard Anuszkiewicz Radiant Blue 1977 - 2017 30 x 30 inches acrylic on canvas

CLEVE GRAY Floating Red, 1990 Acrylic on canvas 60 x 60 inches

Cleve Gray graduated Summa Cum Laude from Princeton University, where he studied painting and Far Eastern Art. Like many of his generation, he joined the United States Army during Wo...

CLEVE GRAY Conjugation #27, 1975 Acrylic on canvas 38 x 36 inches Loretta Howard Gallery is pleased to present a selection of important paintings by Cleve Gray from the 1970’s. Wrought in deeply saturated fields of color and marked with calligraphic brushwork, the paintings on display exemplify the artist’s mature style. They highlight the artist’s lifelong affinity for Japanese and Chinese art and philosophy. His familiarity with Asian cultures began at Princeton University where he studied Far Eastern Art under George Rowley and wrote his thesis on the landscape painting of the Yuan dynasty. The resulting paintings illustrate a synthesis of western and eastern art historical conventions as Gray infused the radical sensibilities of Abstract Expressionism with Zen quietude. Also on view are a selection of hanging scrolls collected by the artist during his visits to China and Japan. These scrolls, which highlight a meditative approach, also contain an intensity and immediacy of action that Gray sought in his own work. In an essay written in the accompanying catalog, Luke Gray...

RICHARD ANUSZKIEWICZ Blue Red Duo, 1984-2017 Acrylic on canvas 72 x 48 inches

1974 Acrylic on canvas mounted on board 6 x 13 in. Titled and dated, verso Framed

1981 Magna acrylic on canvas mounted on board 5 7/8 x 15 in. (14.9 x 38.1 cm) Unique Titled and dated, /81 45" x 116" "HOT PURSUIT" on the reverse Framed

1972 Acrylic on canvas 34 x 65 in. (86.4 x 165.1 cm) Signed and dated, verso

1974 Acrylic on canvas mounted on board 7 x 6 in. Titled and dated, verso Framed

1976 Magna acrylic on canvas mounted on board 10 x 9 in. (25.4 x 22.9 cm) Unique Signed, lower margin; Titled and dated, #265 + B. 72 x 72" "ROYAL COOL" 1976, verso Framed

1973 Acrylic on canvas mounted on board 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Titled and dated, verso Framed