CONNERSMITH is pleased to present SELECT What Lasts - Erik Thor Sandberg in our online viewing room. “What Lasts is about impermanence, not only of life, but also of the things that we make. The objects represent different aspects of life, including play and sustenance; the city embodies a society built on insecure ground” - Erik Thor Sandberg Click link in bio to view --- Erik Thor Sandberg What Lasts (detail) 2020 oil on panel 12 x 11 inches . . . @thor_shimmer #erikthorsandberg #skeleton #painting #figurativepainting #symbolism @americanartcollector #realism #figurative_art #surrealism @beautifulbizarremagazine #art #fineart #artlover #curator #artillery #contemporaryart #artcollector #contemporaryartcollector #collectart #weloveourartists #connersmithdc 
CONNERSMITH is pleased to present SELECT What Lasts - Erik Thor Sandberg in our online viewing room. “What Lasts is about impermanence, not only of life, but also of the things that we make. The objects represent different aspects of life, including play and sustenance; the city embodies a society built on insecure ground” - Erik Thor Sandberg Click link in bio to view --- Erik Thor Sandberg What Lasts (detail) 2020 oil on panel 12 x 11 inches . . . @thor_shimmer #erikthorsandberg #skeleton #painting #figurativepainting #symbolism @americanartcollector #realism #figurative_art #surrealism @beautifulbizarremagazine #art #fineart #artlover #curator #artillery #contemporaryart #artcollector #contemporaryartcollector #collectart #weloveourartists #connersmithdc 
CONNERSMITH is pleased to present SELECT What Lasts - Erik Thor Sandberg in our online viewing room. “What Lasts is about impermanence, not only of life, but also of the things that we make. The objects represent different aspects of life, including play and sustenance; the city embodies a society built on insecure ground” - Erik Thor Sandberg Click link in bio to view --- Erik Thor Sandberg What Lasts (detail) 2020 oil on panel 12 x 11 inches . . . @thor_shimmer #erikthorsandberg #skeleton #painting #figurativepainting #symbolism @americanartcollector #realism #figurative_art #surrealism @beautifulbizarremagazine #art #fineart #artlover #curator #artillery #contemporaryart #artcollector #contemporaryartcollector #collectart #weloveourartists #connersmithdc 
Wishing you peace and joy now and in the new year. The Gallery is on Holiday pause through January 4th. Exhibitions online, click link in bio. #happyholidays #weloveourartists #barryxball @janetbiggs1 @mariafriberg_artist @realkennyhunter #benjaminkelley @susanmacwilliam #jjmccracken @ottojustine @thor_shimmer @sheldonascott @koen.vanmechelen #wilmerwilsoniv @leo_villareal @_ruyter @lincolnschatz @joeovelman @jessicamariahopkins #howardmehring #thomasdowning #normanbluhm #kennethnoland #genedavis #paulreed #kennethyoung #connersmithdc 
Wishing you peace and joy now and in the new year. The Gallery is on Holiday pause through January 4th. Exhibitions online, click link in bio. #happyholidays #weloveourartists #barryxball @janetbiggs1 @mariafriberg_artist @realkennyhunter #benjaminkelley @susanmacwilliam #jjmccracken @ottojustine @thor_shimmer @sheldonascott @koen.vanmechelen #wilmerwilsoniv @leo_villareal @_ruyter @lincolnschatz @joeovelman @jessicamariahopkins #howardmehring #thomasdowning #normanbluhm #kennethnoland #genedavis #paulreed #kennethyoung #connersmithdc 
Wishing you peace and joy now and in the new year. The Gallery is on Holiday pause through January 4th. Exhibitions online, click link in bio. #happyholidays #weloveourartists #barryxball @janetbiggs1 @mariafriberg_artist @realkennyhunter #benjaminkelley @susanmacwilliam #jjmccracken @ottojustine @thor_shimmer @sheldonascott @koen.vanmechelen #wilmerwilsoniv @leo_villareal @_ruyter @lincolnschatz @joeovelman @jessicamariahopkins #howardmehring #thomasdowning #normanbluhm #kennethnoland #genedavis #paulreed #kennethyoung #connersmithdc 
“The only requirement I make of art, and this may sound a little simplistic, is that it look good and continue looking good with the passage of time…That’s quite a demand actually, that something continue to look good forever.” -Gene Davis Click link in bio to view @artmiamifairs on @artsy — Gene Davis Untitled 1954 oil on masonite 30 x 42 inches . . . #genedavis #americanart #abstractart @perminak #20thcenturyart #washingtoncolorschool #colorfieldartist #colorfield #colorfieldpainting #vincentmelzaccollection #dcartgallery #washingtondcart #art #fineart #artlover #curator #artgallery #artcollector #collectart #ArtMiami #MiamiArtWeek #miami #artmiamifairs #contemporaryartcollector #buyart #virtualartfair #artonline #weloveourartists #connersmithdc 
“The only requirement I make of art, and this may sound a little simplistic, is that it look good and continue looking good with the passage of time…That’s quite a demand actually, that something continue to look good forever.” -Gene Davis Click link in bio to view @artmiamifairs on @artsy — Gene Davis Untitled 1954 oil on masonite 30 x 42 inches . . . #genedavis #americanart #abstractart @perminak #20thcenturyart #washingtoncolorschool #colorfieldartist #colorfield #colorfieldpainting #vincentmelzaccollection #dcartgallery #washingtondcart #art #fineart #artlover #curator #artgallery #artcollector #collectart #ArtMiami #MiamiArtWeek #miami #artmiamifairs #contemporaryartcollector #buyart #virtualartfair #artonline #weloveourartists #connersmithdc 
“The only requirement I make of art, and this may sound a little simplistic, is that it look good and continue looking good with the passage of time…That’s quite a demand actually, that something continue to look good forever.” -Gene Davis Click link in bio to view @artmiamifairs on @artsy — Gene Davis Untitled 1954 oil on masonite 30 x 42 inches . . . #genedavis #americanart #abstractart @perminak #20thcenturyart #washingtoncolorschool #colorfieldartist #colorfield #colorfieldpainting #vincentmelzaccollection #dcartgallery #washingtondcart #art #fineart #artlover #curator #artgallery #artcollector #collectart #ArtMiami #MiamiArtWeek #miami #artmiamifairs #contemporaryartcollector #buyart #virtualartfair #artonline #weloveourartists #connersmithdc 
“I paint to surprise myself.” -Gene Davis, 1967 CONNERSMITH is pleased to present a select look at Gene Davis’s painting Gothic Seesaw (1968). Click link in bio to view SELECT - GENE DAVIS: GOTHIC SEESAW Gene Davis (1920 - 1985) was the self-taught maverick of the Washington Color School who, alongside Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Howard Mehring and Thomas Downing, achieved international acclaim in the 1960s for innovations in abstract imaging. Davis distinguished himself from his colleagues with the intuitive use of color at spontaneous intervals in his most important works: the stripe paintings. Also featured in @artmiamifairs on @artsy — Gene Davis Gothic Seesaw (detail) 1968 acrylic on canvas 71 x 89 inches . . . #genedavis #americanart #abstractart #stripes #20thcenturyart #washingtoncolorschool #colorfieldartist #colorfield #colorfieldpainting #vincentmelzaccollection #dcartgallery #washingtondcart #art #fineart #artlover #curator #artgallery #artcollector #collectart #ArtMiami #MiamiArtWeek #miami #artmiamifairs #contemporaryartcollector #buyart #virtualartfair #artonline #weloveourartists #connersmithdc 
“I paint to surprise myself.” -Gene Davis, 1967 CONNERSMITH is pleased to present a select look at Gene Davis’s painting Gothic Seesaw (1968). Click link in bio to view SELECT - GENE DAVIS: GOTHIC SEESAW Gene Davis (1920 - 1985) was the self-taught maverick of the Washington Color School who, alongside Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Howard Mehring and Thomas Downing, achieved international acclaim in the 1960s for innovations in abstract imaging. Davis distinguished himself from his colleagues with the intuitive use of color at spontaneous intervals in his most important works: the stripe paintings. Also featured in @artmiamifairs on @artsy — Gene Davis Gothic Seesaw (detail) 1968 acrylic on canvas 71 x 89 inches . . . #genedavis #americanart #abstractart #stripes #20thcenturyart #washingtoncolorschool #colorfieldartist #colorfield #colorfieldpainting #vincentmelzaccollection #dcartgallery #washingtondcart #art #fineart #artlover #curator #artgallery #artcollector #collectart #ArtMiami #MiamiArtWeek #miami #artmiamifairs #contemporaryartcollector #buyart #virtualartfair #artonline #weloveourartists #connersmithdc 
“I paint to surprise myself.” -Gene Davis, 1967 CONNERSMITH is pleased to present a select look at Gene Davis’s painting Gothic Seesaw (1968). Click link in bio to view SELECT - GENE DAVIS: GOTHIC SEESAW Gene Davis (1920 - 1985) was the self-taught maverick of the Washington Color School who, alongside Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Howard Mehring and Thomas Downing, achieved international acclaim in the 1960s for innovations in abstract imaging. Davis distinguished himself from his colleagues with the intuitive use of color at spontaneous intervals in his most important works: the stripe paintings. Also featured in @artmiamifairs on @artsy — Gene Davis Gothic Seesaw (detail) 1968 acrylic on canvas 71 x 89 inches . . . #genedavis #americanart #abstractart #stripes #20thcenturyart #washingtoncolorschool #colorfieldartist #colorfield #colorfieldpainting #vincentmelzaccollection #dcartgallery #washingtondcart #art #fineart #artlover #curator #artgallery #artcollector #collectart #ArtMiami #MiamiArtWeek #miami #artmiamifairs #contemporaryartcollector #buyart #virtualartfair #artonline #weloveourartists #connersmithdc 
CONNERSMITH is please to participate in Art Miami, a virtual exclusive @artsy To view click link in bio — Kenneth Victor Young South Africa 1997 Acrylic on paper 22 × 30 inches . . . #kennethvictoryoung #howardmehring #genedavis #leovillareal #americanart @perminak #abstractart #igdc #20thcenturyart #washingtoncolorschool #colorfield #dcartgallery #washingtondcart #art #fineart #artlover #curator #artgallery #artcollector #collectart @artmiamifairs #ArtMiami #MiamiArtWeek #miami #artmiamifairs #contemporaryartcollector #buyart #virtualartfair #artonline #weloveourartists #connersmithdc 
CONNERSMITH is please to participate in Art Miami, a virtual exclusive @artsy To view click link in bio — Kenneth Victor Young South Africa 1997 Acrylic on paper 22 × 30 inches . . . #kennethvictoryoung #howardmehring #genedavis #leovillareal #americanart @perminak #abstractart #igdc #20thcenturyart #washingtoncolorschool #colorfield #dcartgallery #washingtondcart #art #fineart #artlover #curator #artgallery #artcollector #collectart @artmiamifairs #ArtMiami #MiamiArtWeek #miami #artmiamifairs #contemporaryartcollector #buyart #virtualartfair #artonline #weloveourartists #connersmithdc 
CONNERSMITH is please to participate in Art Miami, a virtual exclusive @artsy To view click link in bio — Kenneth Victor Young South Africa 1997 Acrylic on paper 22 × 30 inches . . . #kennethvictoryoung #howardmehring #genedavis #leovillareal #americanart @perminak #abstractart #igdc #20thcenturyart #washingtoncolorschool #colorfield #dcartgallery #washingtondcart #art #fineart #artlover #curator #artgallery #artcollector #collectart @artmiamifairs #ArtMiami #MiamiArtWeek #miami #artmiamifairs #contemporaryartcollector #buyart #virtualartfair #artonline #weloveourartists #connersmithdc ![Howard Mehring (1931-1978) was a leading Washington DC Color painter. Curator Walter Hopps, asserted: “Mehring was the closest painter to Morris Louis in delicacy… [his work is] simultaneously delicate and bold, a rare combination also present in Jackson Pollock’s work.”
Influences of Mehring’s artistic innovations may be seen in the works of many subsequent artists, including Alma Thomas, Gene Davis, Thomas Downing and Sam Gilliam. Permanent collections include: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum @guggenheim; Museum of Modern Art @themuseumofmodernart; Whitney Museum of Modern Art @whitneymuseum; The Tate Gallery @tategallerylondon; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden @hirshhorn; National Gallery of Art @ngadc; Los Angeles County Museum @lacma; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art @sfmoma, among others.
Howard Mehring: Brilliance, now on view #linkinbio
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Howard Mehring
Whirling
1957
acrylic and oil on canvas
34 x 52 inches
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#howardmehring #washingtoncolorschool #colorfieldartist #colorfield #colorfieldpainting #morrislouis #genedavis #walterhopps #dcart #dmvart #washingtondc #painting #abstractart #igdc #20thcenturyart #postwarart #lyricalabstraction #dcartgallery #washingtondcart #art #fineart #artlover #curator #artcollector #collectart #weloveourartists #connersmithdc](https://scontent-ams4-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/125911423_709170919726373_2650205095061116912_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=2&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=wkku2lm7HMAAX-lIK06&_nc_ht=scontent-ams4-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=b6cf5a27146453b1cd028f97d5befbfc&oe=60344853)
Howard Mehring (1931-1978) was a leading Washington DC Color painter. Curator Walter Hopps, asserted: “Mehring was the closest painter to Morris Louis in delicacy… [his work is] simultaneously delicate and bold, a rare combination also present in Jackson Pollock’s work.” Influences of Mehring’s artistic innovations may be seen in the works of many subsequent artists, including Alma Thomas, Gene Davis, Thomas Downing and Sam Gilliam. Permanent collections include: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum @guggenheim; Museum of Modern Art @themuseumofmodernart; Whitney Museum of Modern Art @whitneymuseum; The Tate Gallery @tategallerylondon; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden @hirshhorn; National Gallery of Art @ngadc; Los Angeles County Museum @lacma; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art @sfmoma, among others. Howard Mehring: Brilliance, now on view #linkinbio -- Howard Mehring Whirling 1957 acrylic and oil on canvas 34 x 52 inches . . . #howardmehring #washingtoncolorschool #colorfieldartist #colorfield #colorfieldpainting #morrislouis #genedavis #walterhopps #dcart #dmvart #washingtondc #painting #abstractart #igdc #20thcenturyart #postwarart #lyricalabstraction #dcartgallery #washingtondcart #art #fineart #artlover #curator #artcollector #collectart #weloveourartists #connersmithdc ![Howard Mehring (1931-1978) was a leading Washington DC Color painter. Curator Walter Hopps, asserted: “Mehring was the closest painter to Morris Louis in delicacy… [his work is] simultaneously delicate and bold, a rare combination also present in Jackson Pollock’s work.”
Influences of Mehring’s artistic innovations may be seen in the works of many subsequent artists, including Alma Thomas, Gene Davis, Thomas Downing and Sam Gilliam. Permanent collections include: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum @guggenheim; Museum of Modern Art @themuseumofmodernart; Whitney Museum of Modern Art @whitneymuseum; The Tate Gallery @tategallerylondon; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden @hirshhorn; National Gallery of Art @ngadc; Los Angeles County Museum @lacma; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art @sfmoma, among others.
Howard Mehring: Brilliance, now on view #linkinbio
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Howard Mehring
Whirling
1957
acrylic and oil on canvas
34 x 52 inches
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#howardmehring #washingtoncolorschool #colorfieldartist #colorfield #colorfieldpainting #morrislouis #genedavis #walterhopps #dcart #dmvart #washingtondc #painting #abstractart #igdc #20thcenturyart #postwarart #lyricalabstraction #dcartgallery #washingtondcart #art #fineart #artlover #curator #artcollector #collectart #weloveourartists #connersmithdc](https://scontent-ams4-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/126903117_201211181485397_8261191386475801167_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&ccb=2&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=LJmIHJaD4R4AX_cTS2f&_nc_ht=scontent-ams4-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=273d43059afba14564b3d0341c0d7e26&oe=60318EDA)
Howard Mehring (1931-1978) was a leading Washington DC Color painter. Curator Walter Hopps, asserted: “Mehring was the closest painter to Morris Louis in delicacy… [his work is] simultaneously delicate and bold, a rare combination also present in Jackson Pollock’s work.” Influences of Mehring’s artistic innovations may be seen in the works of many subsequent artists, including Alma Thomas, Gene Davis, Thomas Downing and Sam Gilliam. Permanent collections include: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum @guggenheim; Museum of Modern Art @themuseumofmodernart; Whitney Museum of Modern Art @whitneymuseum; The Tate Gallery @tategallerylondon; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden @hirshhorn; National Gallery of Art @ngadc; Los Angeles County Museum @lacma; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art @sfmoma, among others. Howard Mehring: Brilliance, now on view #linkinbio -- Howard Mehring Whirling 1957 acrylic and oil on canvas 34 x 52 inches . . . #howardmehring #washingtoncolorschool #colorfieldartist #colorfield #colorfieldpainting #morrislouis #genedavis #walterhopps #dcart #dmvart #washingtondc #painting #abstractart #igdc #20thcenturyart #postwarart #lyricalabstraction #dcartgallery #washingtondcart #art #fineart #artlover #curator #artcollector #collectart #weloveourartists #connersmithdc ![Howard Mehring (1931-1978) was a leading Washington DC Color painter. Curator Walter Hopps, asserted: “Mehring was the closest painter to Morris Louis in delicacy… [his work is] simultaneously delicate and bold, a rare combination also present in Jackson Pollock’s work.”
Influences of Mehring’s artistic innovations may be seen in the works of many subsequent artists, including Alma Thomas, Gene Davis, Thomas Downing and Sam Gilliam. Permanent collections include: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum @guggenheim; Museum of Modern Art @themuseumofmodernart; Whitney Museum of Modern Art @whitneymuseum; The Tate Gallery @tategallerylondon; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden @hirshhorn; National Gallery of Art @ngadc; Los Angeles County Museum @lacma; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art @sfmoma, among others.
Howard Mehring: Brilliance, now on view #linkinbio
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Howard Mehring
Whirling
1957
acrylic and oil on canvas
34 x 52 inches
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#howardmehring #washingtoncolorschool #colorfieldartist #colorfield #colorfieldpainting #morrislouis #genedavis #walterhopps #dcart #dmvart #washingtondc #painting #abstractart #igdc #20thcenturyart #postwarart #lyricalabstraction #dcartgallery #washingtondcart #art #fineart #artlover #curator #artcollector #collectart #weloveourartists #connersmithdc](https://scontent-amt2-1.cdninstagram.com/v/t51.29350-15/126092903_803894973785028_158586648518745770_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=2&_nc_sid=8ae9d6&_nc_ohc=KuyrsjdWgW0AX_1LOrh&_nc_ht=scontent-amt2-1.cdninstagram.com&oh=749ae0f33c84fecfb69c9606110369c6&oe=60345BC6)
Howard Mehring (1931-1978) was a leading Washington DC Color painter. Curator Walter Hopps, asserted: “Mehring was the closest painter to Morris Louis in delicacy… [his work is] simultaneously delicate and bold, a rare combination also present in Jackson Pollock’s work.” Influences of Mehring’s artistic innovations may be seen in the works of many subsequent artists, including Alma Thomas, Gene Davis, Thomas Downing and Sam Gilliam. Permanent collections include: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum @guggenheim; Museum of Modern Art @themuseumofmodernart; Whitney Museum of Modern Art @whitneymuseum; The Tate Gallery @tategallerylondon; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden @hirshhorn; National Gallery of Art @ngadc; Los Angeles County Museum @lacma; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art @sfmoma, among others. Howard Mehring: Brilliance, now on view #linkinbio -- Howard Mehring Whirling 1957 acrylic and oil on canvas 34 x 52 inches . . . #howardmehring #washingtoncolorschool #colorfieldartist #colorfield #colorfieldpainting #morrislouis #genedavis #walterhopps #dcart #dmvart #washingtondc #painting #abstractart #igdc #20thcenturyart #postwarart #lyricalabstraction #dcartgallery #washingtondcart #art #fineart #artlover #curator #artcollector #collectart #weloveourartists #connersmithdc