Gordon Onslow Ford "Paintings and Works on Paper: 1939-1951"
Francis M. Naumann Fine Art
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This is the first exhibition devoted to Onslow Ford’s work in New York since a show at the Nierendorf Gallery in 1946. It begins with several proto-Surrealist works made in Paris in the late 1930s. Highlighted are paintings and studies for paintings made around the time of the New School lectures, such as "Propaganda for Love" (1940), a monumental composition consisting of Surrealist imagery arranged in an abstract format. Paintings from this period are followed by more serene visions from his years in Mexico, such as "The Painter and the Muse" (1943), a work that depicts male and female elements conjoined in an ethereal landscape. The show concludes with reflections on an energized nature experienced in California’s Muir Woods in 1950-51.
[Image: Gordon Onslow Ford "The Painter and the Muse"(1943) oil on canvas 39 5/8 x 49 7/16 in.]
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from October 14, 2010 to December 23, 2010