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Classical Realism: A Living Artistic Tradition
By Stephen Gjertson The Origin of the Phrase The expression “Classical Realism,” when applied to a specific group of artists, originated with...
The Mistress of All Masters
By Stephen Gjertson This article was originally published in The American Society of Classical Realism - Salon 1992, exhibition catalogue,...
The Ateliers of R. H. Ives Gammell and Richard F. Lack
Tradition and the Training of Painters in the Second Half of the 20th Century By Stephen Gjertson Art students are terrified at the prospect...
On Motion in Art
Considering the Relationships Among Patronage, Training, and the Arts By Stephen Gjertson Footnotes are inserted into the text within brackets....
In Response to the Man with the Camera
By Stephen Gjertson It was a sultry summer afternoon in central Minnesota. I was painting about three yards from Minnehaha Creek,...
The American Society of Classical Realism
A Legacy of Preserving and Promoting the Fine Craft of Picture Making By Stephen Gjertson This is adapted from an article published in the Winter...
Portrait Painting in the Boston Tradition: An Interview with Richard F. Lack (1928-2009)
By Stephen Gjertson Portrait painting is a difficult and sometimes exasperating art. To survive, the portrait painter must be talented, flexible,...