“LIKENESS”
Vanessa Rothe Fine Art Opening January 11th, 2020
Olga Krimon
Vanessa Rothe Fine Art Presents
David Gray “The Curator” 16x12” Oil SOLD
“LIKENESS”
January 11th, 2020 - February 29th, 2020 Vanessa Rothe Fine Art Gallery 418 Ocean Ave, Laguna Beach CA 92651 Open Wednesday thru Saturday 10-5pm, or anytime by appointment To inquire about the work please contact us (949) 280-1555
www.vanessarothefineart.com
About The Exhibition “Likeness” A Fine Art Exhibition exploring portrait and figure painting today. Realism, Impressionism, Abstraction.. what do we use to describe a work that is a combination of the three? How much does a portrait or figurative work need to look like the model or subject these days? Is capturing a “Likeness” as important in today’s fine art works as it once was? Is figure and portrait painting anything like it was back in the 1800 and early 1900s? or has the art world finally adopted a liberal view on the importance of “likeness” in a figure painting. Today in the realist figurative world see a mixture of genres coming together in the same painting, or exhibiting side by side, and its not just in America. Russian artists, Norwegian artists, French artists have all been influenced, be it by instagram shots of new works they can easily access now, or the rise in international art fairs and exhibitions that are traveling around the globe. One big difference is that now the academically trained teachers, artists, and professionals now feel they are “allowed” to really blur edges, and drip some pigment and pull the brush through their finely rendered paintings.Its more accepted, instead of frowned upon. Graphic layout and composition comes into play a lot more in the works we are seeing and having figures that are not “finished” is often more the norm. “This has of course happened before, that figures in art have been known to be loose and lightly suggested, not realistically painted, and artists without academic training were often creating them. However… recently, our academically trained realist painters are pushing the envelope and adding blurred edges, visible brushwork and bold abstraction in their works, for a few years now. As mentioned in my magazine articles published in 2018, Post war modern and bay area figurative was already experimenting with this, even the Impressionists and the post impressionists before them… the difference is now its done by some of the tightest trained academic realists, the academy trained artists...and the result is simply outstanding. They have created a hybrid style combining design, and abstraction and crisps classical realism. The works still present and hold a trained realist sublime quality as well as a purely creative side with abstract backgrounds and blurred edges that aid to the over “feeling” of the work” - Suggests Rothe “In Russia and the Ukraine there are two types of art schools, ones that focus on Decorative arts, color, and design, and others that are more academic. Some teach kids to know color before all else, others more academically with casts, and values and the often don’t mix the two styles. Its encouraging to see that both are being accepted here in America even in the same artwork. “ -Notes Leon Okun, graduate from the Repin Academy of St. Petersburg. In this exciting exhibition, we take it a step further as we study the abstracting of the human figure, to ask about the idea of ‘‘Likeness’’ and weather capturing a personality in a work of art is as important in todays works as it was in the past. Recall when portrait painitng, before photographs, were all they had to convey, and likeness played a very important role, compared to todays more suggestive styles. Artists today when asked to do a portrait of a client are not always asked for a classic realist portrait, often times they want the artist’s vision or translation of them.
Olga Krimon
David Shevlino
To illustrate the many styles of portraiture and figure work today, the exhibition combines works by many Artists from academic schools such as the Repin Academy of Art St. Petersburg, Laguna Collge of art and Design and the Florence Academy. It also presents works by California Plein Air Painters, as well as Ukrainian decorative arts students and painters from various backgrounds and training. Works coming in from Russia, Ukraine, New York, Norway and California. The paintings will range from small gems and portrait studies to museum quality large scale figures in the landscape as well as a few historical paintings from our Russian Collection. Vanessa Rothe Fine Art and the VRFA artists are proud to be on the forefront of these new genres of art and are proud to present to you “Likeness” Opening January 11th at the VRFA Gallery 418 Ocean ave here in Laguna Beach CA. Exhibition runs thru Feb 29th, 2020. Portrait commissions available by most of our artists, with no additional upcharge from the gallery. We offer very reasonable payment plans. For inquiries or more information about the works and events please contact Vanessa Françoise Rothe (949) 280-1555 or visit
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Stephan Bauman
“Portrait of Sasha” 12x10” Oil $3,500
Suchitra Bhosle
“Diaphanous Repose” 14x18” Oil $4,500
Suchitra Bhosle
“Tambourine” 12x9” Oil $2,800
Suchitra Bhosle
“Siesta” 16x12” Oil $3,500 - SOLD
Eric Bowman
“Waiting for the Drivers” 16x12 Oil $3,200
Eric Bowman
“Satin Doll” 12x9” Oil $1,200
Casey Childs
“Waiting to Waltz” 18x14” Oil $2,000
Casey Childs
“Portrait of John Giarizzo ( In his studio) 35x25.5” $25,000
Casey Childs
“Madison 16x12” Oil $1,500
Michelle Dunaway
“The English Girl” 20x16” Oil $2,400
Michelle Dunaway
“Strength and Grace” 18x28” Oil $9,000
Michelle Dunaway
“Portrait of Richard Schmid” 40x27” Oil $28,000
Michelle Dunaway
“Hopeful” 16x12” Oil $2,200
Boris Grachev - Historical
“Winter Hat” Soviet Impressionism C. 1965 16x12” Oil $2,000
David Gray
“Diana” 14x11” Oil $3,100
David Gray
“Ivy” 9x12” Oil $2,500
David Gray
“Another Daydream” 9x12” Oil $2,400
David Gray
“The Curator” 16x12” Oil $3,500 SOLD
Olga Grigorieyva
“Girl with Grapes” 19x15” Oil $ 1,400
Cornelia Hernes
“Josephine” 16x12” Oil 3,000 SOLD
Cornelia Hernes
“Karen on Green” 12x10” Oil $2,800
Cornelia Hernes
“Karen on Black” 12x9” Oil $2,800
Cornelia Hernes
“Ocean Song” 26x23” Oil $5,500 SOLD
Olga Krimon
“Flush” 30x30” Oil $8,400 - SOLD
Olga Krimon
“Demeter” 30x30” Oil $7,200
Olga Krimon
“Noon” 18x18” Oil $2,500
Olga Krimon
““Spring” 14x11” Oil $1,600
Olga Krimon
“Stranger” 18x18” Oil $2,500
Olga Krimon
“Pianist” 12x9” Oil $1,200
Peggi Kroll-Roberts
“Breezy White” 24x30” Oil $5,800
Peggi Kroll-Roberts
“Beach Girls” 20x16” Oil $2,500
Peggi Kroll-Roberts
“Lady in Red” 12x9 Oil $650
Peggi Kroll-Roberts
“Cocktail Dresses” 12x9 Acrylic $450
Peggi Kroll-Roberts
“Flowers & Plant 12x9” Oil $450
Nicolas Martin
“Newspaper” 12x10” Oil $1,300
Nicolas Martin
“Reclining Woman” 9x12” Oil $1,300
Elizabeth Mcghee
“Harmonia” 24x12” Oil $3,600
Terry Miura
“Chapter Eight” 16x12” Oil $1,900
Terry Miura
“Dream a Little Dream” 16x15.5” Oil $2,400
C.W Mundy
“Russian Hat” 12x9” Oil $5,000
C.W Mundy
“Creation”12x9” Oil $5,000
William Neukomm
“Awesome” 24x18” Oil $3,500
William Neukomm
“Stephanie” 8x6” Oil $650
William Neukomm
“Stephanie with Flower” 8x6” Oil $650
William Neukomm
“Lavender Blouse” 16x12” Oil $1,500
Karen Offutt
“Study of Arielle” 14x11” Oil $2,000
Karen Offutt
“Sourrounded by WM” 12x12” Oil $2,600
Leon Okun
“Chelsea” 16x12” Oil $1,500
Craig Pursley
“Golden” 24x18” Oil $3,500
Eric Rebane - Historical
“Russian Plein Air Painter” Soviet Impressionism c.1960 20x14” Oil $1,800
Ray Roberts
“Garden Walk” 16x12” Oil $2,600
Ray Roberts
“Quiet Day” 22.5x30” Oil $8,500
Ray Roberts
“A Walk Amoung the Waves” 25.5x30 Oil $9,500
Sam Robinson
“Junior Handler” 11x14” Oil $1,200
Sam Robinson
“Stock Tie” 10x8” Oil $900
Vanessa Rothe
“Study of Girl in Kimono” 12x9” Oil $350
Vanessa Rothe
“Master Copy of Sargent’s Mr. Pulitzer by Vanessa Rothe” 24x18” $2,000
Nick Runge
“Beneath” 12x12” Oil $1,000
Nick Runge
“Manifestations” 30x24” Oil $3,000
David Shevlino
“In the Tate” 8x10” Oil $950
David Shevlino
“Diane in Red” 16x12” Oil $2,400
Julie Snyder
“Green Wrap” 14x11” Oil $985
Julie Snyder
“Coffee” 14x11” Oil $985
Julie Snyder
“Cafe de la Nuit” 9x12” Oil $850
Julie Snyder
“The Forgeron - Fire and Light” 20x20” Oil $3,900
Vadim Suvorov
“Pensive in Green” 15x14”” Oil $ 1,300
Vadim Suvorov
“Classic Beauty” 16x15” Oil $1,400
Vadim Suvorov
“Winter Coat” 16x12” Oil $1,500
Matt Talbert
“Dressed in Green” 8x5.5” Oil $700
Matt Talbert
“Sleep Tight” 18x14” Oil $1,900
Danil Volkov
“At the Grill” 8x10” Oil $650
Danil Volkov
“Festing” 8x10” Oil $650
Danil Volkov
“In the Café” 8x10” Oil $650
Irina Vorobeyv - Historical
“Country Girl” Soviet Impressionism c. 1965 13x7” Oil $800
Aaron Westerberg
“In Her Kimono” 24x18” Oil $5,000 We are proud to offer this fine work on resale
Vincent Xeus
“Ruby” 18x14” Oil Please Inquire for Price
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