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Historical Artist - Edwin Dickinson (1891 - 1978)
Edwin Dickinson was an American painter and draughtsman who specialized in dreamlike, symbolic
works. He created a series of disturbing self-portraits, some of which were of him as a corpse.
His most famous works are his large paintings, the Fossil Hunter for example. Dickinson is
sometimes placed in the Surrealist movement but has also been categorized as an evolution of the
19th century Romantic tradition. His art, always grounded in realism, shows connections to
symbolism and surrealism. His mature paintings can be roughly divided into two categories: The
first consists of portraits, still lifes and landscapes executed quickly, often at a single
sitting (the artist referred to these as premiere coups); the second is compositions of symbolic
and enigmatic character, often large in size and very complex, which sometimes took many years
to complete. While his palette tended towards monochrome, his landscapes painted from
observation are notable for their strong evocation of light, which is usually hazy but sometimes
brilliant. His paintings are often allusively autobiographical in content. His drawings in
graphite are notable for their sensitivity to tonal nuance.
Contemporary American Artists
Art Galleries in United States of America
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