Larry Rivers Dutch Masters

Rivers studied in the late 1940s under hans hofmann the.

Larry rivers dutch masters. From doyle larry rivers dutch masters 1982 color lithograph and screenprint on fabriano paper 24 1 4 30 3 4 in. Rivers incorporated more and more everyday things found objects and popular images into his art famously using the dutch masters cigar box label based on rembrandt s syndics in a 1960 s. Painter sculptor poet and musician larry rivers was an established figure in the new york school recognized for creating large paintings merging abstract and narrative elements as in washington crossing the delaware 1953 where the general leads his men through a space defined by murky oil washes and broad gestural brushwork. Dutch masters and cigars around the mid point of his career rivers began to turn more emphatically to the insignia and iconography of consumer culture in line with the explosion of pop art across the 1960s.

From heritage auctions larry rivers dutch masters presidents 1990 offset lithograph and screenprint in colors 25 31 3 8 in. Larry rivers was an american artist whose work fused the lively mark making of abstract expressionism with the commercial images of advertising. View larry rivers s 2 210 artworks on artnet. Dutch master and cigars 1963 after 1961 popular and commercial images and insignia became a major element in rivers painting.

Rivers studied in the late 1940s under hans hofmann the. However amid the stenciled brandings of lucky strike and dutch masters were the luscious brushstrokes and colorful passages of his 1950s period stylistic hallmarks that were to remain with rivers for the rest of his career. He showed consistent if not immediately conscious preferences of subject in terms of his own particular attitudes and technical gifts. Find an in depth biography exhibitions original artworks for sale the latest news and sold auction prices.

Rivers studied in the late 1940s under hans hofmann the.