Richard Estes Paintings

Richard estes born may 14 1932 in kewanee illinois is an american artist best known for his photorealist paintings.

Richard estes paintings. The paintings generally consist of reflective clean and inanimate city and geometric landscapes. Considered a founder of the photorealist movement richard estes is best known for his paintings of city scenes in new york. Richard estes born may 14 1932 in kewanee illinois is an american artist best known for his photorealist paintings the paintings generally consist of reflective clean and inanimate city and geometric landscapes he is regarded as one of the founders of the international photo realist movement of the late 1960s with such painters as john baeder ralph goings chuck close audrey flack. A master of contemporary realism estes is primarily known as a painter of urban scenes.

Like chuck close audrey flack and vija celmins estes renders images sourced from photographs with precise and nearly invisible brushstrokes. Estes s first trip to the antarctic in 2007 inspired a series of twelve paintings of the world s most sparsely inhabited continent. It is difficult to imagine a setting further away from new york city. Make offer richard estes food shop cologne 35mm photorealism art slide richard estes 4 12 interest silkscreen of fabriano paper signed numbered 6 999 00.

When richard estes arrived on the new york art scene abstract expressionism had largely run its course. His bulging car fronts evoke sexual hunger while his revolving doors ache with anonymity causing some critics to dub his style post pop. Summary of richard estes. He painted diner in 1971.

He often incorporates reflective surfaces such as shop windows and shiny cars yielding mirrored imagery that serves to enhance what the naked eye is capable of perceiving. Like many visitors to antarctica he saw the continent from a cruise ship. Compiling his compositions from multiple source photographs estes reconstructs reality in highly convincing renderings. Working from photographs photorealist painter estes creates images of stuffed store windows and movie marquees that glitter with unreal promise.

Richard estes realism is the most comprehensive exhibition of estes paintings ever organized. Richard estes courtesy marlborough gallery new york. Richard estes is considered the foremost practitioner of the international group of artists known loosely as photorealists and has been celebrated for more than forty five years as the premier painter of american cityscapes.