Artist

Eric Fischl

born New York City 1948
Born
New York, New York, United States
Biography

Born in New York City, Eric Fischl received his B.F.A. degree from the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia in 1972. Two years later he became an assistant professor at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax, where he continued teaching until 1978. In the 1980s Fischl's large figurative paintings, aggressive in their confrontation with the viewer, began to receive substantial attention. Along with painting, he turned to photography and monotypes. His 1990 series of Beach paintings drew on photographic sources. Since the late 1970s, Fischl's work has been widely shown in solo and group exhibitions in the United States and Canada. Solo shows of his paintings were presented at the Dalhousie Art Gallery in Halifax, Galerie B in Montreal, the University of Colorado at Boulder, and Mary Boone Gallery in New York. In 1991 Fischl exhibited his monotypes at the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College.

Joann Moser Singular Impressions: The Monotype in America (Washington, D.C. and London: Smithsonian Institution Press for the National Museum of American Art, 1997)

Works by this artist (2 items)

Alyn Williams, Dr. William Henry Holmes, 1928, watercolor and pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1931.2.11
Dr. William Henry Holmes
Date1928
watercolor and pencil on paper
Not on view
Alyn Williams, President William Howard Taft, 1910, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1937.12.1
President William Howard Taft
Date1910
watercolor on ivory
Not on view

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      • Meet the Artist: Eric Fischl Meet the Artist: Eric Fischl
      • Eric Fischl - Clarice Smith Distinguished Lecture Series, Smithsonian American Art Museum Eric Fischl - Clarice Smith Distinguished Lecture Series, Smithsonian American Art Museum