Artist Information:
Eugene Solot
Colchester, IL
United States
Member Since: Apr 2001
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Artist Statement:
The story of my life has been
published soon by Publish
America in a book I wrote
called An Artist's life. It is
now available at
Publishamerica.com or
Amazon.com.
I was trained in painting by
the German Expressionist Karl
Zerbe, in his last painting
class at the Boston Museum
School before he left for
Florida. I learned the a wide
range of traditional and new
painting techniques from oils,
encaustics, egg tempera and
egg emulsion to the then new
Polymar which eventually was
replaced by the more flexible
acrylics. Zerbe was an
inspirational speaker who
pointed out to his students
the importance of conveying
ideas and emotions in your
works. I became a Boston
landscape and figure painter
and experimented with
abstracts. In Boston I had
two shows at the now defunct
Carl Siembab Gallery which
were favorably received by the
Boston critics. I believe
that a painter must know his
craft, how to use and
manipulate the paint to create
what we called "paint quality"
which can be thick or thin
transparent or opaque, glazed
and scumbled. In Boston we
braved the tide of the New
York School which added so
much to modern art, but ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
1957 and 1959 One person
exhibition Siembab Gallery of
oil paintings and water colors
Boston, MA
1976 2 person American eagle
exhibition with sculpture
Presto Jackson.
Western Illinois University
Art Gallery
1978 One person exhibition of
computer drawings Western
Illinois University Gallery.
1985 One Person Exhibition of
paintings and drawings ...
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Artist Galleries:
Carl Siembab Gallery, Boston
MA
Neil Chassman Gallery, NY,NY
Ray Hughs Gallery, Brisbane,
Australia...
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
Western Illinois University
Collection
Macomb IL
Cushing Academy in MA
Neil Chassman Collection
Charlotsville, Va
And private collections in
Australia and U.S.A....
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Eugene Solot's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Eugene Solot's Portfolio.
The story of my life has been published soon by Publish America in a book I wrote called An Artist's life. It is now available at Publishamerica.com or Amazon.com.
I was trained in painting by the German Expressionist Karl Zerbe, in his last painting class at the Boston Museum School before he left for Florida. I learned the a wide range of traditional and new painting techniques from oils, encaustics, egg tempera and egg emulsion to the then new Polymar which eventually was replaced by the more flexible acrylics. Zerbe was an inspirational speaker who pointed out to his students the importance of conveying ideas and emotions in your works. I became a Boston landscape and figure painter and experimented with abstracts. In Boston I had two shows at the now defunct Carl Siembab Gallery which were favorably received by the Boston critics. I believe that a painter must know his craft, how to use and manipulate the paint to create what we called "paint quality" which can be thick or thin transparent or opaque, glazed and scumbled. In Boston we braved the tide of the New York School which added so much to modern art, but ... |
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