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Jacob Kainen
Oil on canvas
1970
36" x 24"
Oil on canvas
1970
36" x 24"
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Jacob Kainen (1909 – 2001) was a serious artist for much of the 20th century and a man of many talents: a painter and printmaker with numerous gallery and museum shows to his credit; an internationally known curator who helped build and manage the print collections at the Smithsonian Institution; a major force in creating the Washington, D.C. art scene; a scholar who published research on such subjects as 16th century mannerism, 18th century Venetian etchings and woodcuts, and German expressionism; a collector and patron of the arts; and a beloved teacher and mentor who generously gave his time to help fellow artists.
Throughout his remarkable life, Kainen experimented with different mediums and explored many styles, yet he identified himself as a painter. His work took root in the Social Realism of the 1930s, later becoming involved in the development of abstract expressionism. Fiercely independent and anti-establishment, he rejected labels and moved from visceral abstractions to figurative work to abstraction again, refining these styles at his own pace. His work became well known for its variations and diversity, color and form and explorations of light and space.
A painting should first appear as an ensemble of harmonious but surprising shapes and colors. Colors should glow with a spiritual intensity…. However abstract the forms and colors seem, they should somehow give off an aura of human experience, particularly that of the lonely Faustian thinker, combining wisdom and magic. The images should seem serene at first glance, then troubling, then serene again. — Jacob Kainen
In the permanent collections of:
Archives of American Art
Art Institute of Chicago
Baltimore Museum of Art
Brooklyn Museum
National Gallery of Art
The Phillips Collection
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Yale University Art Gallery
(excerpted from Jacob Kainen's official website: jacobkainen.com)
Jacob Kainen (1909 – 2001) was a serious artist for much of the 20th century and a man of many talents: a painter and printmaker with numerous gallery and museum shows to his credit; an internationally known curator who helped build and manage the print collections at the Smithsonian Institution; a major force in creating the Washington, D.C. art scene; a scholar who published research on such subjects as 16th century mannerism, 18th century Venetian etchings and woodcuts, and German expressionism; a collector and patron of the arts; and a beloved teacher and mentor who generously gave his time to help fellow artists.
Throughout his remarkable life, Kainen experimented with different mediums and explored many styles, yet he identified himself as a painter. His work took root in the Social Realism of the 1930s, later becoming involved in the development of abstract expressionism. Fiercely independent and anti-establishment, he rejected labels and moved from visceral abstractions to figurative work to abstraction again, refining these styles at his own pace. His work became well known for its variations and diversity, color and form and explorations of light and space.
A painting should first appear as an ensemble of harmonious but surprising shapes and colors. Colors should glow with a spiritual intensity…. However abstract the forms and colors seem, they should somehow give off an aura of human experience, particularly that of the lonely Faustian thinker, combining wisdom and magic. The images should seem serene at first glance, then troubling, then serene again. — Jacob Kainen
In the permanent collections of:
Archives of American Art
Art Institute of Chicago
Baltimore Museum of Art
Brooklyn Museum
National Gallery of Art
The Phillips Collection
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Yale University Art Gallery
(excerpted from Jacob Kainen's official website: jacobkainen.com)