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Aug 04, 2015 robert bechtles pontiac the californiabased painter robert bechtle makes very different use of automobiles in his hyperrealistic pictures. Leave a comment post navigation 61 pontiac was based on a photograph of himself, his first wife, and their two children. Created in close collaboration with the artist, robert bechtle will accompany the distinguished painters first retrospective exhibition. Paula burleigh, scholar, will address 61 pontiac, 19681969 by robert bechtle b. Rather than making cars into gaudy badges of status or conveyances of disaster and death, bechtle treats them matteroffactly as part of the furniture of middleclass american life. Robert bechtle at crown point press, 2011 5 minutes artist robert bechtle working at crown point press in san francisco to create a color soft ground etching with aquatint, 2011. Robert bechtle 1932 is a painter from berkeley, california. We use cookies to deliver our online services and to provide more personalized services to you. Robert bechtle photorealistic painting inspired me robert bechtle, 61 pontiac, 196869. The midday sun beats down mercilessly in robert bechtle s signature 1960s photorealist canvases of solitary american cars sitting on the hot asphalt alongside california stucco homes or in empty parking lots.

The exhibition is generously supported by the evelyn d. Robert bechtle born 1932, san francisco, usa mother and children with palm tree, 1969 original handsigned color lithograph dated 1969 artist name. Robert bechtles six cars on 20th street 2007, a san francisco streetscape, in a solo show at gladstone gallery. This is a good book to listen to and read aloud and look at and to touch. Best artworks at the whitney museum in nyc, from calder to stella. Callaghan, the kadima foundation and the richard florsheim art fund. If you prefer more contemporary realism, a banner for robert bechtles 2005 retrospective at the san francisco museum of modern art the artists family standing before its car in his 1969. At nearly five feet tall, pontiac makes a monument out of an amateur snapshot. Robert bechtles 61 pontiac 196869, from a snapshot of an ordinaryseeming suburban family that happened to be his own. He studied graphic design and painting at the california college of arts and crafts in oakland, earning his bfa in 1954 and mfa in 1958. Petersburg, russia contemporary cubist artist discreet nude woman reading a book with orange fruit painting. Born in alameda county in the bay area in 1932 and still active as a painter, bechtle has lived most of his life in and around the suburbs and districts of san. Speakers include artists, writers, whitney curators and educators, and an interdisciplinary group of scholars.

In bechtles oil painting 61 pontiac 196869 the family at the center of the image is the artists own. Works by san francisco photorealist robert bechtle are a relative bargain. Meisel gallery, new york the 57th annual national midyear exhibition, butler institute of american arts, youngstown, ohio the bay area tradition. But when bechtle began the painting in 1968, he was striving for art that didnt resemble anything else. Meisel devised a formal set of criteria to identify a group of artists he referred to as photorealists. Log in or sign up to leave a comment log in sign up.

The comprehensive exhibition will include works such as 61 pontiac, 196869, arguably bechtle s most famous painting. This entry was posted on july 18, 2016, in art and tagged 61 pontiac, 1961, american dream, artist, automobile, car, family, modern art monday, painting, photo realism, pontiac, robert bechtle, whitney museum. The midday sun beats down mercilessly in robert bechtles signature 1960s photorealist canvases of solitary american cars sitting on the hot asphalt alongside california stucco homes or in empty parking lots. The comprehensive exhibition will include works such as 61 pontiac, 196869, arguably bechtles most famous painting. Robert bechtle discusses making prints at crown point press, 2007 2 minutes painter robert bechtle discusses making prints at crown point press in san francisco, 2007. I first encountered the underrated bay area artist robert bechtles great painting 61 pontiac 196869, which is in his present retrospective at the san francisco museum of modern art. This painting, featuring bechtle, his first wife, and two children standing in front of their family car, has never been shown on the west coast. Though this painting depicts an allamerican family, the title of robert bechtles 61 pontiac emphasizes the automobile, a symbol of affluence, style, and social.

Robert bechtle paints what he calls portraits of the essence of american experience. Bay area painter robert bechtle might be described as the great luminist of midcentury suburban. Robert bechtle was born in 1932 in san francisco and raised in alameda. Robert bechtle born may 14, 1932 is an american painter who has lived nearly all his life in. Courtesy of the artist and gladstone gallery, new york and brussels. Jul 19, 2015 jerrod carmichaels comedy, and tourism, call for reflection.

Though this painting depicts an allamerican family, the title of robert bechtles 61 pontiac emphasizes the automobile, a symbol of affluence, style, and social status. Standing beside his wife, with their two small children, they are the picture of familial complacency. Robert bechtle born may 14, 1932 is an american painter who has lived nearly all his life in the san francisco bay area and whose art is centered on scenes from everyday local life. Robert bechtle prints and multiples 10 for sale at 1stdibs. Shop original robert bechtle prints and multiples from the worlds best art galleries. This painting, featuring bechtle, his first wife, and two children standing in front of. Walter robinson on its antiutopian anxiety the noted artist and cultural critic looks past the sunny vistas. Extending along the entire width of the painting, and portrayed from an elevated angle with its hood curiously cropped, the carefully maintained station wagon projects an optimism and comfort mirrored in the young familys deportment. A family of four stands on a strip of neatly trimmed grass in front of their vehicle, the color of white gravy. Bechtle is considered to be one of the earliest photorealists. Robert bechtle discusses his process of applying a brown underpainting on top of a pencil drawing before he begins painting in color. Why american writers and artists cant stop loving the automobile. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your.

For over thirty years, robert bechtles singular preoccupation with effects of light, shadow, perspective and surface have yielded extraordinary images of ordinary streets, cars and houses. The painting may give us mom, dad, buddy and sis, but the beige, nofrills pontiac station wagon is. Quite some time ago we talked about your own biography. Neoexpresionismo hiperrealismo y performance estilo.

Robert bechtles platitudinous images of bucolic californian suburbia are little ironies wrapped up in layers of photorealist scrutiny. Robert bechtles work has been exhibited internationally and is in the collections of the museum of modern art, the metropolitan museum of art, the whitney and the guggenheim museums in new york, as well as the walker art center, the smithsonian institution and. Jerrod carmichaels comedy, and tourism, call for reflection. When you hear the term photorealism, robert bechtle is not exactly the first name that springs to mind.

See more ideas about robert bechtle, photorealism and hyperrealism. Bay area painter robert bechtle could be described as the great luminist of midcentury. Feb 07, 2014 robert bechtles six cars on 20th street 2007, a san francisco streetscape, in a solo show at gladstone gallery. Details and instructions on how to disable those cookies are set out in our. Its interesting that you have a completely different. The 100 best paintings in new york time out new york. Named in honor of the whitneys new address, 99 gansevoort street, 99 objects is a series of ingallery programs focusing on individual works of art from the museums collection on view in america is hard to see.

Robert bechtle and the critical legacy of 1960s photorealism in the early 1970s, new york gallerist louis k. Robert bechtle and, in contrast to meisel, identifies bechtles work as deeply informed by. Bechtles subjects come from his surroundings and scenes he knows with great familiarity. Its a clean, hard light that bechtle renders with uncanny veracity. In the early 1970s, as an enthusiastic art student, i did a large painting of my mother and her friends at camp raquette lake, a haven for well brought up jewish girls in upstate new york. According to the pontiac public records, the property at 61 ruth ave. Today, when so much art either celebrates or is a satire of the banal, 61 pontiac looks almost fashionable. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Robert bechtle, 61 pontiac, 1969 oil on canvas, 60 x 84 inches 39. We were leading into a discussion of your more recent work, particularly that point at which you came to your current. Robert bechtle and the critical legacy of 1960s photorealism by christie k. There arent often people in bechtels car paintings.

In bechtle s oil painting 61 pontiac 196869 the family at the center of the image is the artists own. Robert alan bechtle was a part of the west coast photorealist movement. These interviews are part of the archives of american art oral history program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the united states, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and. Haas exhibition fund, the bernard osher foundation, the estates of emily and lewis s. The 1960s painting 61 pontiac by photorealist robert bechtle is a postcard from a bygone era. Photo gallery accompanying the article keeping it real click next to see several more paintings by robert bechtle robert bechtle at the smithsonian archives of american art, washington d. Oral history interview with robert alan bechtle, 1978. Robert bechtle, christopher brown and wayne thiebaud, crown point press, new york. Bechtles images are painstakingly controlled with a quiet psychology. The painting of modern life is at the hayward until 30 december 2007. As in the best of the dutch stilllife tradition, 61 pontiac is a scene in which the matteroffact. Area artist robert bechtles great painting 61 pontiac 196869.