Large Patrick Ryan Antique Modern Abstract Cubist Oil Painting Vintage Cubism 57

  
MONUMENTAL VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN CUBISM OIL PAINTING ON BOARD BY REVERED NEBRASKA PAINTER PATRICK J RYAN. THIS WORK IS COMPRISED OF MULTIPLE FLOATING FACES WITH INTRICATE HEAD ORNAMENTS AND CROWNS DEPICTED IN A KALEIDOSCOPE OF ANGLES AND SHAPES REMINISCENT OF THE OLD CUBISM STYLE. THE HEAD ORNAMENTS AND CROWNS ADD A REGAL AND CEREMONIAL ELEMENT TO THE COMPOSITION, HINTING AT THEMES OF POWER, STATUS, AND SPIRITUALITY, INVITING VIEWERS TO UNRAVEL THE LAYERS OF SYMBOLISM AND MEANING EMBEDDED IN THE ARTWORK. THIS IS A LARGE MONUMENTAL CENTERPIECE BY THE ESTEEMED MODERNIST MASTER PATRICK J RYAN. IT DATES AROUND THE 1950s. THERE'S CRAQUELURE AND MILD PAINT LOSS, AS SHOWN. IT DOES NOT DETRACT FROM ITS BEAUTY IN ANY WAY. DIMENSIONS: 73" W x 25" H. Patrick Joseph Ryan was born Feb.

17, 1934, in Omaha, NE, and aspired to be an artist as a child. He pursued his passion as he grew up, eventually earning his bachelor's degree at the University of Nebraska, Omaha. Thereafter, he got his master's degree in fine art at the University of Southern California.

After finishing school, he traveled in Spain for almost two years painting and absorbing Europe's rich art history. At this time, he was painting exclusively as "Patrick Ryan, " and his career reached its height - painting impressionistic oils of landscapes, beachscapes, and gardens. Ryan's work was in high demand, and he chose to publish numerous serigraph and limited edition silk-screen prints of his impressionistic works through Colville Publishing in the 1980s to broaden his market. Patrick moved near his publisher, moving to San Diego, La Jolla, Vista, and Tieerasanta at various times during this active period, as he also continued to travel internationally for inspiration and variety for his paintings' subject matter. Patrick Ryan was quoted by the American Design LTD gallery as saying, If a painting is too finished, too exact, it poses limitations on your ability to see it.

The image freezes, limiting your illusion. Better to paint the effect of what is there so someone observing the canvas will see the effect of what you saw, not the subject matter you saw. In essence, what you are doing in impressionism is focusing on one thing, but you are painting another.

Although this extremely gifted impressionist paints varied subjects: garden scenes, seascapes, still life's and figures, he insists that his paintings are beyond the recognizable subject. I keep referring in my own mind to what William Merritt Chase advised his students while painting. In other words, make it like in terms of the way you use paint rather than doing a literal representation. Patrick Ryan is an innovative artist, whose thoughts, skill and style have set him apart from his contemporaries. Using his intuitive technique, he incorporates an extraordinary sense of color with vibrant and radiant images.

Works by this modern American Impressionist master are represented in many important corporate and private collections worldwide.