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David SorensenSolar Series #2: Bridge at Auver - blue, red, abstract, modernist, oil on canvas2000
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This colorful abstract painting was created by the Canadian artist David Sorensen.
One of Canada’s finest contemporary artists, David Sorensen actually began his art career as a sculptor, a natural path from his education as an architect.
When he began painting, Sorensen was fascinated by the interaction of light with its environment and was drawn to the work of color field painters as early as the 1950s. In his own work, he embraced abstraction as a form and in this series the concept of a central square from which lines of varying widths—both vertical and horizontal emanate. The color palette is bold and rich—cranberry red, deep blue, sienna, brown, and white. The brushstrokes are expressive and lend a natural movement to the painting. Sorensen admired and was influenced by the work of American abstract expressionists Jackson Pollock and Franz Kline. Auver is in France; famous as a place where Vincent Van Gogh painted.
“The role of the artist in a society is to manifest that inner view of their life and life in general as they see it.” David Sorensen
“David Sorensen’s work belongs to a very important generation of painters that came forth in the early seventies and have been active since. His interest is in color, and he was a very strong color field painter in Quebec. But what is interesting in his color field painting is that he also has movement, gesture…very soft, very tender movement…but nonetheless very active gesture on his canvas.” Laurier Lacroix, Professor of Art History, Quebec
David Sorensen was born in Vancouver (1937-2011) and studied at UBC and the Vancouver School of Art. His teachers were renowned—Arthur Erikson, Bill Reid, and Jack Shadbolt. After moving to Montreal, he taught art at the Montreal School of Art, the Saidye Bronfman Centre, and Bishop’s University. Sorensen, a member of the RCA exhibited all over the world. His work is held in numerous private, corporate, and public collections.
- Creator:David Sorensen (1937 - 2011, Canadian)
- Creation Year:2000
- Dimensions:Height: 55.25 in (140.34 cm)Width: 55.25 in (140.34 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Bloomfield, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU29115321002
David Sorensen
David Sorensen sought to “give voice to the inner reality.” In the paintings from his last years, Sorensen offers solutions to the nature of abstraction — wresting nature and the horizon from pure form and brilliant colour.
Born in Vancouver in 1937, Sorensen studied at UBC and the Vancouver School of Art under Arthur Erickson, Bill Reid and Jack Shadbolt. Shadbolt, who in turn had studied Hans Hoffman, invited American art critic Clement Greenberg to the school to discuss abstraction, including the work of Rothko, Pollock and Kline. These influences helped shape Sorensen’s painterly approach to non-figurative art. In 1964, the artist moved to Montreal, where he held teaching positions at the Montreal Museum School of Art, the Saidye Bronfman Centre and later, Bishop’s University. Over his long career, Sorensen exhibited in Switzerland, France, Italy, Japan, China, the U.S. and across Canada.
In 2005, the Musée du Bas Saint-Laurent in Riviere-du-Loup, QC curated a 45-year retrospective of the artist’s work. In 1996, Sorensen was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. His work is held in private, corporate and public collections, including the Musée d’art contemporain de Montreal, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Hamilton and more.
(Biography provided by OENO Gallery)
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