Mian Situ

Gloria

2022

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist. Description The subject of this oil painting by Mian Situ shows a young woman standing poised in a moment of contemplation. The Lantern Festival is a time to remember departed family members. In her deep blue silk robe...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Description In the painting, “Day Dreamers,” Mian Situ reflects on a cultural way of life that...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist. Description In this oil painting titled, In Tradition, Mian Situ pays tribute to the grace and refinement of traditional...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Artist Statement “The 19th century painter Anders Zorn was a big influence for me on this work. I was looking at his 'Dance in Gopsmor Cottage' while painting, and trying to limit myself to brushes no small than an 8. I am quite satisfied with the light effect I achieved. As you can see I really boosted up the highlight on those stockings! It was a case where the sun had streamed in through an east light window (unwelcome at the time), rendering the model's legs impossibly bright. I've used a very thick impasto and even some cadmium lemon to try and convey the impression of light I was seeing. While executing this painting it occurred to me that this was the kind of unusual lighting...

Provenance On consignment to the gallery FRAMED: 28.125 x 24.125" x 1.625" UNFRAMED:20" x 16"

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Artist Statement “I often will go on painting trips with other artists to remote locations to do plein air sketches and gather reference for larger studio paintings. This was painted from a winter painting trip to Montana, where about ten of us gathered together at a cabin in February to paint landscapes and portraits in the snow. The morning when I saw this scene, we were all heading out into the fresh snow to go paint landscape—my artist friend was standing just outside the door of the cabin in this pose, contemplating the day ahead and looking like a painting himself! The early morning sky was white, as fresh snow was falling all around, blanketing the landscape and tree behind him. I knew this was a moment I had to capture in paint—an artist immersed in reflective thought on a winter morning.” —Michelle Dunaway...

Number 382 in the Schoonover raisonné. Signed and dated 1909. Beautifully reframed in custom 23 karat gold leaf frame.

Colonial Philadelphia is one of Schoonover's earliest, if not his earliest major painting. Done very much in the style of his mentor and instruct...

A monumental Italian landscape oil painting. "Apuan Mountains" of Italy (The Italian Alps) Shepherds in the mountains with the village of Seravezza below. Painted by Andreas Marko...

Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State ...

Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...

Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State ...