What Is, Is / Ronnie Landfield
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.242
- Title
- What Is, Is
- Artist
- Ronnie Landfield
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- (1947 - )
- Medium and Support
- acrylic on canvas
- Object Creation Date
- 1989
- Object Creation Place
- North America
- American
- Creation Place 1
- North America
- Creation Place 2
- American
- Style/Group/Movement
- lyrical abstraction
- Period
- Modern and contemporary
- Dimensions
- 60.7 cm x 39.2 cm (23 7/8 in. x 15 7/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Painting
- Primary Object Type
- abstract
- Physical Description
- Abstract painting. Orange (left), red (right) and pink (bottom) bands painted with a zigzag pattern frame an abstract image in the center painted with vigorous upward strokes.
- Subject Matter
- “Spirituality and feeling are the basic subjects of my work. They are depictions of intuitive expressions using color as language, and the landscape (God’s earth) as a metaphor for the arena of life. The revelation of a primal image that delivers an immediate response in the viewer is my goal. Hopefully my paintings convey a felt perception of life, an awareness of the history of art, and a clear expression of my passion and sense of spirituality. I sense a visual music that externalizes what I feel within me and in the air.” Artist’s statement on website (http://www.ronnielandfield.com/)
- Secondary Keywords
- art informel
- associated concepts
- european
- european styles and periods
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
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- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1986 x 3210
- File Size
- 873 KB
- Record
- 2008/2.242
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-2.242/2008_2_242.jpg
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"What Is, Is; Ronnie Landfield." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-2.242/2008_2_242.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
