Word: painterly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Husserl he was disappointed, "I didn't find anything but speculations." To conquer his disappointment he went to Munich to study art history with the great art historian Wolflin. When it came time for him to submit a thesis, Gerassi fooled them again. "I decided to become a painter," he says, "and Wolflin really liked painting so he encouraged...
Gerassi's first master was Stanislas Stueckgold of Munich, a student of Matisse. "Stueckgold died in poverty, virtually unknown, but he was a great painter," Gerassi claims, "and it will be a great happiness when his work is recognized." A period followed when Gerassi was influenced by Cezanne. He went to Provence to study where the French master lived and worked. Cezanne's influence can still be detected now and then in Gerassi's paintings, for example in the "Still Life with Oranges and Grapes" as well as an earlier work, "Three Figures...
...only in this way that he suggests he was once a general in the Spanish Civil War. During his lifetime he has had as many as 50 different jobs which he believes have added to his ability as an artist. "50 jobs," he says, "makes one painter." He advises others to follow his example. "It is most important," he feels, "for a young artist to take a job so that he will be financially free to paint as he pleases. Never try to make money by painting what you do not feel by painting pictures as you would produce merchandise...
Former students of Fernando Gerassi now at Harvard and Radcliffe have arranged an exhibit for the internationally known painter at the Paul Schuster Gallery, 24 Palmer Street. It opens tomorrow and will last through June...
...Christ child, who is being held in the arms of an angel. When it first arrived in the U.S. it was a somewhat different painting. It had apparently left Verrocchio's studio with the kneeling Madonna unfinished. About 40 years later, judging by the style, a minor painter completed it. Examination showed that beneath the visible Madonna was the brush drawing of Verrocchio. The overpaint was removed, revealing Verrocchio's original drawing on white gesso...