NYAB Event - Jeff Muhs "The Origin of Nymphs"

Jeff Muhs "The Origin of Nymphs"

Lyons Wier Gallery

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Lyons Wier Gallery presents The Origin of Nymphs by New York based artist Jeff Muhs.

With The Origin of Nymphs, Muhs builds upon his ongoing series of paintings, Another History. The artist cites that through his constant study of art history, he became very interested in certain iconic images that have sustained their compositional and communicative prominence throughout the ages. In particular, the intangible characteristics that enable some works of art to transcend generations and time and become a part of our current collective culture and art historical lexicon. Read more

Born in Southampton, NY, Jeff Muhs came to art by way of his father, a sculptor and third generation hunting and fishing guide. Muhs' rearing along the barrier beach of Long Island's south shore instilled in him an intimate knowledge of nature that would later become an integral part in Muhs' art making. Muhs attended and completed his BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 1988. Jeff Muhs' work can be found in several private and public collections, namely Beth Rudin DeWoody, Guild Hall Museum, Caesars Palace Las Vegas, Ronald Lauder, Cantor Fitzgerald, Time Warner, Inc., Los Angeles County Museum, Hunter Museum, and Ward Museum, among others. His studio is located in Southampton, NY.

[Image: Jeff Muhs "Venus and Cupid (After Pellegrini)" (2012) Oil on canvas, 62 x 74 in.]