Here are some more pictures of Wilbur Niewald.
And here is his bio, taken from the Haw Contemporary Gallery website:
Wilbur Niewald, professor emeritus of painting at
the Kansas City Art Institute, received a 2006 fellowship from the John Simon
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in New York.
Niewald has produced a prolific body of work;
paintings that are as inextricably linked to the tradition of painting and
modernism as they are to Kansas City. Painting and drawing directly from what
he sees, the cityscapes and landscapes evoke a place. But, even as Niewald pays
homage to the modem masters he most admires, he honors his longtime connection
to Kansas City. It was in Kansas City where he first discovered Cezanne's
Mont St. Victoire at the Nelson-Atkins Museum, as well as the work of Mondrian, in a show that traveled to the Kansas City Art Institute as part of an exhibition
organized by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Since the 1970s, Niewald has
painted directly from observation: landscapes, portraits, and still-lifes. He
says that being in front of something becomes the reason for painting, allowing
him to get closer and see a thing more clearly. Niewald is guided by truth and
imbues his paintings with passion and emotion. It is precisely this act of
looking, the patience of perception and his careful, faithful observation of
the things around him that distinguishes his art.
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