Attention to detail , a faithful reproduction of reality through lights, shapes and colors make the painting of 'American artist Richard Estes is a delight for the eyes. L ' impression you get looking at his paintings is to be confronted with a photograph, such is the perfection of the objects depicted. The reflection of a square in the window, the glint of chrome metal, the volumes of roads and buildings combine to create a surprising optical illusion that captures the viewer, by dragging it to doubt that 's work is admired in fact the result of canvas and brushes. Born in Keewanee in the state of 'Illinois, May 14, 1932 from a family of medium walk of life, Estes is one of the most critically acclaimed American painters. Representative of the acclaimed 'Hyperrealism (or photo-realism, depending on how you prefer to name the art movement ) Estes is strongly influenced by the works of Edward Hopper (of which there 's work and biography in the painting section of the blog) which has always maintained his fervent admirer of Edgar Degas, certainly the most original among the Impressionist painters.
During Children 'abandoned at a time of great Kewanee native Chicago, where between 1952 and 1956 he studied at the renowned Art Institute of Chicago. Completed his studies he moved, very young, in the hectic New York where he worked as a graphic designer for some magazines and major advertising campaigns. At the beginning of the sixties, he traveled to Europe, spending a long period of time in Spain, whose country and whose light color, he loved deeply. Thanks to the work back into an insurance company, its financial situation improved enough to allow all 'artist in 1966 to devote himself exclusively to painting. Equipped with an extraordinary talent for detail, Estes can rightly be considered a "scribe 'of the art, and nothing escapes his watchful eye, able to reproduce an' image rich in details. The refraction of light and the choice of a vibrant color palette, mark the 'work of this artist as a true "trademark". The artist also focuses its attention on the geometry of buildings, often using simple shapes, clean, free from "frills" that may unnecessarily distract the 'attention of the audience in favor of the more interesting finishes.
The three-dimensional canvases projecting the viewer to 'internal' s work, making it an integral part of the picture. E 'can also be noted as the time "day" of painting outweighs the "night". Sunlight fact is studied and represented in the many nuances due to different times of day, through doors, windows or windows that imprison or postponing flashes that further amplify the brightness. The photograph is an important moment, the first step addirittuta, the realization of the canvas. The photography is in 'Hyperrealism source and inspiration for the writing of' a work which, in this case, it becomes aesthetic composition of the noisy urban environment. Yet looking at the pictures of Estes will have the 'impression of living in a "perfect", structured and clean, a metropolis "spiritual desert" immersed in a religious silence. A deep stillness, then, that deceives the senses pleasantly .
In 1968, Richard Estes gets a first recognition with an exhibition dedicated to his work at the 'Allan Stone Gallery. Subsequently, his paintings were exhibited at the prestigious "MET", the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City 's adoption Estes where he set many of their works. The Whitney Museum of American Art devoted a retrospective to consolidate its reputation as his works were exhibited at the Guggenheim in Manhattan even met with resounding success. In 1971, Richard Estes gets a scholarship from $ 7,500 from the National Council on the Arts "which he recognized and promoted the 'enormous talent. A few years earlier, in 1967, Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon bought the' opera" Telephone Booths "(the third image from ' above) by including it in his own personal collection, now kept in 'namesake museum in Madrid. It was the first work that the' artist sold the prelude to a long series of future successes are embodied in the 'admiration of the famous English artist Salvador Dali showed for his work . Having represented countless scenes of urban life, where space predominates over 'man, Estes has moved, in the' past decade, its focus on nature, painting with the same touch solemn and solitary grandeur of the landscape.
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