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David SorensenSolar Series: Yellow - contemporary, abstract, modernist, oil on canvas2001
2001
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This contemporary abstract painting was created by a prominent Canadian artist.
Inspired by colors warmed by the intense sunlight of Cuba, David Sorensen, considered to be one of Canada’s finest sculptors and painters, created a series of paintings called the ‘Solar Series.’ Each piece, this one in golden yellow, earthy browns, creamy white, and gray-blue reflective of the palette of the country he fell in love with.
Sorensen was fascinated by the interplay of natural light with its environment. The viewer’s eye is drawn to the centre—a square of golden yellow from which several lines—horizontal and vertical emanate…like the rays of the sun, both luminous and warm.
“I love yellow! …I could just keep painting in yellow forever.” David Sorensen
“We look at pure light in movement…pure light as it’s moving and transforming in front of our eyes on the canvas. So what this created is harmonies…soft tonal qualities.” 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:2001
- Dimensions:Height: 39.5 in (100.33 cm)Width: 39.5 in (100.33 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Bloomfield, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU29115321322
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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