Philip Pearlstein Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Philip Pearlstein was a key figure in the sharp-focus realist movement. A leader in the early 1960s of the revival of figure painting in America, Pearlstein experimented briefly with landscapes and then concentrated on the realistic depiction of the nude figure, a traditional subject that had almost vanished from the contemporary art world.
Pearlstein’s paintings, prints and drawings are characterized by a non-traditional informality, unexpected postures, and unusual perspectives including the radical cropping of figures. In his later works, he introduced rather elaborate backdrops including richly patterned fabrics and decorative floor patterns.
Pearlstein was born and grew up in Pittsburgh and in 1944 enrolled at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. He spent three years in the Army and then returned to school, graduating in 1949 with a BFA. Pearlstein pursued graduate studies in art history at New York University and received a master's degree in 1955. Although he briefly pursued Abstract Expressionism, he found his mature subject matter during the 1960s when he evolved his signature highly finished-hard edged, objective studies of the nude figure. Pearlstein earned awards from the American Academy and the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
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1970s Contemporary Philip Pearlstein Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Pencil, Graphite, Board, Illustration Board
2010s Contemporary Philip Pearlstein Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
2010s Contemporary Philip Pearlstein Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
2010s Contemporary Philip Pearlstein Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
2010s Contemporary Philip Pearlstein Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
2010s Contemporary Philip Pearlstein Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
2010s Contemporary Philip Pearlstein Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
Early 2000s Contemporary Philip Pearlstein Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Crayon, Archival Paper, Graphite
1960s American Realist Philip Pearlstein Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Ink, Gouache, Illustration Board, Pencil
1960s Impressionist Philip Pearlstein Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Watercolor, Illustration Board, Pencil
E. Simms CampbellNude Playboy Cartoon, First African American Illustrator Elmer Simms Campbell, 1966
2010s Contemporary Philip Pearlstein Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Ink, Graphite
Rebecca JohnsonShape, 2019, ink & graphite on paper, nude, floral, figurative, black and white, 2019
1950s Philip Pearlstein Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Paper, Watercolor, Board, Graphite
Mid-19th Century Realist Philip Pearlstein Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Archival Paper, Board, Graphite
