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Simon Gaon Landscape Paintings

American, b. 1943
Born and raised in New York City, Simon Gaon has spent a lifetime translating the pulse of his city onto canvas. His paintings are love songs to New York – passionate, explosive hymns to its bridges and lost souls, its streets and late-night wanderers, its parks, neon lights, diners, and derelicts. With brushstrokes that collide and claw at one another, his works seem less made than unleashed – spontaneous eruptions of energy that capture the restless rhythm of urban life. Deeply connected to the legacy of the New York Abstract Expressionists, Gaon transforms his canvases into arenas for raw emotion. His work is never picturesque; it is psychological, visceral – a statement about feeling rather than form. “It’s really the mood of the people on the street that I like,” Gaon says. “And it’s mood that counts most for me.” Yet for Gaon, mood is not vagueness – it is presence, tension, motion. His thick impastos and fractured planes of color dissolve boundaries and fuse figure with atmosphere, transforming the seen into the felt. Often painting outdoors – frequently at night – Gaon sets up his large canvases under streetlamps, fastening them to posts or resting them on garbage cans. Amid the noise of traffic and the chaos of the city, he channels its vitality directly into his brushwork. Policemen, passersby, panhandlers, and blaring radios become part of his environment, feeding the urgency of his gesture.
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Artist: Simon Gaon
Vintage American Nocturnal New York City Bridge Cityscape
Vintage American Nocturnal New York City Bridge Cityscape

Vintage American Nocturnal New York City Bridge Cityscape

By Simon Gaon

Located in Buffalo, NY

A gorgeous purple nocturnal New York cityscape. Beautifully framed in a silver gilt wooden floater frame. Measuring: 19 by 25 inches overall and 18 by 24 inches image alone. Excellen...

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20th Century Expressionist Simon Gaon Landscape Paintings

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Vintage American Nocturnal New York City Bridge Cityscape
Vintage American Nocturnal New York City Bridge Cityscape

Vintage American Nocturnal New York City Bridge Cityscape

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A gorgeous purple nocturnal New York cityscape. Beautifully framed in a silver gilt wooden floater frame. Measuring: 19 by 25 inches overall and 18 by 24 inches image alone. Excellen...

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20th Century Expressionist Simon Gaon Landscape Paintings

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