"Making the most of the isual artist's ability to capture momentum on an inert surface, to lead a viewer through nonexistent spaces with a few loosely-brushed strokes of color, or to find perfection in fragments of the ordinary, Anderson at times (deliberately?) leaves a viewer searching for firm ground, unceratin as to intentions, mystified by conflicting signals." - Martica Sawin
The Gallery is pleased to present five landscapes by the late American painter, Lennart Anderson (1928-2015). Called both “America’s Chardin” and a Degas of the twentieth century, Anderson’s subtle virtuosity—as presented in his traveling retrospective—has drawn praise from The Wall Street Journal, The London Review of Books, Hyperallergic, The New Criterion, and Art New England.
These five landscapes, completed between 1961 and 1965, depict the Maine landscape at both its most industrial and most idyllic. Anderson’s strong connection to the state persisted throughout his life: he was faculty artist at the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in 1965 and 1967; he maintained a close friendship with several individuals quintessential to the Maine art world, most notably Lois Dodd; and in 1981 bought a cottage of his own on Middle Bay in Brunswick, where he spent his summers painting until his death in 2015. The gallery is delighted to offer these works by this late American master, gathered together again for the first time in their home state.