“I think of the photograph as a sketch to be used.”
–Richard Estes, as quoted in Patterson Sims, Richard Estes’ Realism
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“The quotidian urban reality that surrounds him seemed to him the best means to allow the quality of painting to dominate over what was painted.”
–Patterson Sims, Richard Estes’ Realism
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“Estes’ Maine and worldwide landscapes are as romantically exploratory and fresh, and–in their way–as much an artistic fabricationas the epic nineteenth-century American landscape tradition that they potently extend.”
–Patterson Sims, Richard Estes’ Realism
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“Estes’s trip to the Antarctic in 2007 inspired a series of twelve paintings. Their outstandinge vocation of the frigid waters and unsparing arctic light establishes beyond doubt the importance of these water paintings in an appreciation of Estes’s work.”
–Linda Chase, Richard Estes
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“Always a traveler, more and more he has incorporated the places he has visited around the world into his art, and, beginning in the late 1990s, dramatic, often quite remote natural and historic sites from Maine to Antarctica to Alaska to Nepal have joined the subjects of his art.”
–Patterson Sims, Richard Estes’ Realism
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Richard Estes: Reflections
A film produced on the occasion of Richard Estes: Voyages
Richard Estes is the standard-bearer of photorealist painting and its most devoted and accomplished practitioner. Estes's unique ability to synthesize the experience of travel and observation have secured his legacy as one of the leading painters of the 20th century. His body of work includes interpretations of timeless, pristine images of New York City as well as his many adventures in travel spanning the globe.
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If you are interested in speaking with us directly about the available works, or would like to learn more about the artist, please do not hesitate to connect with Alana Ricca by phone call, to the gallery at (212) 879-8815, or by mobile at (203) 524-2694. We look forward to being in touch with you soon.
