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2006 Childe Hassam Purchase Prize From the American Academy of Arts and Letters Aronson

American painter

Ben Aronson

  • Airtight Ramp, 2010, oil on linen, 84 × 74 inches

Born (1958-ten-04) October 4, 1958 (age 63)

Boston, Massachusetts
Nationality American
Didactics Boston University
Known for Painting, Printmaking
Movement Abstract Realism
Awards National Academy of Design (2005), Childe Hassam Purchase Prize (American Academy of Arts and Letters (2006)
Website www.benaronson.cyberspace

Ben Aronson (built-in October 4, 1958) is an American painter living in Massachusetts. His work is represented by Tibor de Nagy Gallery[one] in New York, Jenkins Johnson Gallery[2] in San Francisco, LewAllen Galleries in Santa Iron,[3] and Alpha Gallery[4] in Boston.

One of the strongest urban scene painters working today,[5] Aronson'south painterly urban landscapes combine precise realism with gestural immediacy and Abstract Expressionist energy.[6] His piece of work has go influential amongst, and emulated by many contemporary cityscape painters. His paintings are included in the permanent collections of more than than 50 museums throughout the U.S. and away, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,[7] the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the De Young Museum in San Francisco, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Eli and Edythe Broad Fine art Museum, MI, and the Suzhou Museum, Jiangsu Province, Communist china, as well as numerous individual and institutional collections.[viii]

"Aronson'south luscious impastos describe Manhattan's skyscrapers and concrete canyons, Paris's stately buildings, and San Francisco's skyline with great dexterity",[ix] winning acclaim as "...the real deal: the rich physicality of oil paint married to the mutable physics of perception".[x]

In recent years his cityscapes take evolved to include contemporary social realist themes "...in which Aronson moves the human figure from its lesser office within the larger urban landscape, into a total discipline of its own. Echoing his dramatically lighted unmarried object nonetheless lifes, the solitary figures have at present taken their identify on phase with equal poignancy."[11] (Images/Nighthawks Series)[12] Exhibits at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NYC ("Take a chance and Advantage", 2010) and the Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Maine ("Aronson to Aronson", 2011) revealed a new emphasis on social realism in a series of paintings with Wall Street themes exploring the contemporary globe of big business. His "... scenes of the New York Stock Exchange floor in item reveal one of the most energized and sophisticated brushes in the country. His high-contrast tones, boldly thick paint and slashing marks perfectly mirror the fast-moving, loftier-powered and high-tech world."[thirteen]

Donald Kuspit, professor of fine art history and philosophy (Stony Beck University, Cornell) observes: "whatsoever social narrative is conveyed past Aronson'due south pictures, they are all exquisitely painted and emotionally haunting. Aronson is a social realist, like Edward Hopper—merely he'south dealing with a different [our current] social reality".[half-dozen]

Biography [edit]

Ben Aronson was born in Boston and grew up in Sudbury, Massachusetts.

From early childhood he was immersed in the creative environs of his parents and their friends amid professional artists, fine art dealers, writers, musicians, composers, and actors. He interned at a Boston architectural business firm while in loftier school and considered pursuing architecture at Princeton and Yale. Ultimately deciding on art as his path of choice, he enrolled at the Schoolhouse of Fine Arts at Boston University where he earned his BFA and MFA in painting (1976–1982) studying under Philip Guston, James Weeks, David Aronson, Reed Kay, and John Wilson.[14]

Traveled to Europe in 1978 to report collections in Greece, Paris, the Netherlands, Espana, and Italy. Taught fine art at Beaver Country Solar day School, a individual loftier school in Anecdote Loma, MA from 1983 to 1990. In 1990, he left didactics for work as an architectural illustrator which won him a prestigious international award from the American Society of Architectural Perspectivists in 1991.[fifteen] From 1995 to 2007 he was invited yearly to lecture and teach in a Drawing Seminar for architecture students at the Harvard Graduate School of Blueprint.[14]

In the years since 1990 his work began to appear frequently in grouping and solo exhibitions at galleries in California, New York City, Chicago and New England. He has presented over twenty solo exhibitions at respected galleries across the U.S., including Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York (2005, 2008, 2010), Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco (2004, 2007, 2008, 2011), Alpha Gallery, Boston (2000, 2002, 2006, 2009). He was elected into the National Academy of Design[16] in New York City in 2004.

Aronson shares a family tradition in the arts. His father, David Aronson, is one of a major group of Boston painters known as the Boston Expressionists which includes Jack Levine, Hyman Bloom, and Karl Zerbe.[fourteen] David Aronson likewise founded the visual arts department at Boston University in 1955. His paintings and sculptures are represented in numerous major museum collections. His female parent, Georgianna Nyman Aronson, is a respected American portrait painter who has produced official portraits of seven of the Justices of the United States Supreme Court.

Ben Aronson's ii sons, Jesse (b. 1984) and Alex (b. 1987) are both pursuing successful careers in the visual arts.

He lives with his married woman, Eileen, at their home and studio in Massachusetts.

Images [edit]

"Closed Ramp"

Aronson'southward cityscapes won acclamation as "...the real deal: the rich physicality of oil paint married to the mutable physics of perception."[17] [18]

"The Recollection"

"Aronson's luscious impastos depict Manhattan skyscrapers and concrete canyons, Paris'south stately buildings, and San Francisco's skyline with great dexterity. In these cityscapes, he contrasts blurry, impressionistic foregrounds with near-photorealistic distant views. The artist'southward figurative works are equally deft. In The Recollection (2008), the precise detailing of the fine restaurant in the background opposes the gauziness of the immature blond woman whose blue eyes seem lost in reverie."[9] [19]

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ Tibor de Nagy Gallery
  2. ^ Jenkins Johnson Gallery Archived Apr 24, 2012, at the Wayback Auto
  3. ^ Today, Art (2019-06-xix). "Views From Above: Contemporary Urban Landscapes". Fine Art Connoisseur . Retrieved 2021-ten-04 .
  4. ^ Alpha Gallery Archived December nine, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Groff, Larry (March 2009). "Ben Aronson". Painting Perceptions.
  6. ^ a b Kuspit, Donald (October 2010). "Mood of Money". Artnet.com.
  7. ^ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2005). "Over Madison".
  8. ^ "Ben Aronson". artnet.
  9. ^ a b Miller, Donald (June 2010). "People, Places & Things". ARTnews. Vol. 109, no. 6. Reviews (cavalcade). p. 114.
  10. ^ Baker, R. C. (29 April 2008). "Anne Hardy, the Chamber Star". The Village Voice . Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  11. ^ O'Hern, John (May 2007). "Ben Aronson: Explorations". Gallery Guide, Westward Coast. New York, NY: LTB Media: Comprehend and p. ix.
  12. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2013-06-11 . {{cite spider web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ Kany, Daniel (28 August 2011). "...besides good to miss". Portland Press Herald.
  14. ^ a b c Grant, Daniel (June 2006). "Ben Aronson: Urban Geometrics". American Creative person. 70 (766): 18–23.
  15. ^ Am. Soc. of Architectural Perspectivists (1991). "Architectural Delineation". Architecture in Perspective. IV (Catalog): 12–thirteen.
  16. ^ National, Academy of Design. "Academicians". Archived from the original on 2014-xi-09. Retrieved 2013-06-11 .
  17. ^ Baker, R. C. (2008-04-29). "Best in Show: Ben Aronson". The Hamlet Phonation.
  18. ^ Images Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine/Cityscapes
  19. ^ Images Archived 2011-x-01 at the Wayback Car/Effigy

References [edit]

  • Feinstein, Lea, ARTnews/Summer 2007
  • Grant, Daniel, American Creative person, June 2006
  • Kuspit, Donald, artnet Mag, October 2010

External links [edit]

  • http://www.artnet.com/artists/ben%2Daronson/
  • http://www.benaronson.cyberspace (Personal Website)
  • https://web.annal.org/web/20111001024937/http://www.benaronson.net/painting-gallery/ (Images)

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