The Emotional Brushstroke: Elmer Bischoff's Paintings Capture the Human Experience
His Art - A Dance of Colour and Emotion
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The other three were in last week’s Art I Love newsletter.
First up today - with voiceover - is the brilliant California painter Elmer Bishoff whose style created a whole new American movement- The Bay Figurative School.
And in the Artist Video Reel we show you the compelling installation show of a young Brazilian painter, Alissa Rosa.
And finally in Art Shorts - it’s FRIDA, a computer, named in honour of the famous Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. FRIDA paints a portrait of Kahlo and dabbles in some landscapes. Tell us what you think.
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Post With Voiceover- Elmer Bischoff
As an art student Elmer Bischoff painted in the style of Picasso.
A style he continued for some time.
But a friendship with several other artists, David Park and Richard Diebenkorn, changed everything, devolving into figuration painting.
That approach became known as the Bay Area Figurative Movement, a recognition of its major impact on the art world.
Bishoff’s art featured domestic scenes and people - capturing the emotional depth of the human experience.
His break-away style also focussed on the California landscape - colourful depictions, using expressive brushstrokes with an emphasis on light and space, evoking a sense of emotion and feeling.
Bishoff, a Jazz aficionado, played the trumpet, immersed himself in New Orleans-style Dixieland jazz.
His jazz scenes captured the spontaneity, boisterous quality and rhythm of this musical genre.
Bischoff, Park and Diebenkorn were faculty members of the California School of Fine Arts, all living and working in Berkeley.
A painting show of theirs - Contemporary Figurative - at the Oakland Museum garnered national attention.
The most unabashedly romantic of the three, Bischoff produced images of poetic nostalgia and spiritual yearning, grounded in richly sensuous paint.
His work is represented in major public and private collections all over the world.
His figurative works, were the most powerful, evocative, memorable.
The California landscapes joyous, dramatic, a palette of bold, strong colours.
His jazz paintings infused with the boisterous vitality of jazz.
Artist Video Reel - Sallisa Rosa
Great art evokes something in all of us whether it’s awe, excitement, sadness, wonderment.
Installation art invites viewers to step into a realm where imagination takes center stage, creating environments that captivate, provoke, leaving a lasting impression.
However, most installation art today is mediocre or terrible.
But the Brazilian artist Sallisa Rosa pulls it off - her new, large-scale, solo exhibition, Topography made solely of ceramics, evokes a miniature cave, enveloping the viewer in a meditative space.
It’s mysterious, evocative, mesmerizing and fun to look at.
Her solo exhibition- Topography - made entirely of ceramics from raw materials gathered in Rio de Janeiro, evokes a miniature cave, enveloping the viewer in a meditative space.
Art Shorts - FRIDA
The name is FRIDA named after the renowned Mexican painter, Frida Kahlo.
FRIDA is a computer and using artificial intelligence it paints after being prompted with words supplied by a person.
And here is some of FRIDA’s art.
Now it’s your turn.
Tell us what you think about her Art.
Want to see how FRIDA paints?
Click on the video.
Thanks for sharing the art of Elmer Bischoff. He's new to me and quite wonderful. The interior scenes seem inspired by Hopper, in a way, Hopper as a romantic expressionist.
As for the AI art, well, no. No matter the result, it's plagiarism.