By Stephen Gjertson For some of those interested in art of the American West, the name of William R. Leigh conjures up dramatic images of bucking broncos, buffalo stampedes, Indian fights, and cowboys riding hell-bent-for-leather. Others see gentle images of everyday...
By Stephen Gjertson The Origin of the Phrase The expression “Classical Realism,” when applied to a specific group of artists, originated with Minneapolis artist Richard Lack (1928-2009). Lack studied with Boston artist R. H. Ives Gammell (1893-1981) during the early...
By Stephen Gjertson. Written on the occasion of Richard Lack’s 80th birthday. It’s difficult to say anything about Richard Lack that I have not already stated in his biography or the essays on my student years and the ateliers of Gammell and Lack. I was...
By Stephen Gjertson This article was originally published in The American Society of Classical Realism – Salon 1992, exhibition catalogue, Heritage Art Gallery, Alexandria, VA. Footnotes are inserted into the text within brackets. Foundations are important....
Tradition and the Training of Painters in the Second Half of the 20th Century By Stephen Gjertson Art students are terrified at the prospect before them, of the toil required to attain exactness. . . . They wish to find some shorter path to excellence, and hope to...
