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Art produced in style associated with an earlier era
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Contemporary-Traditional Art refers to an art produced at the present period of time that reflects the current culture by utilizing classical techniques in drawing, painting, and sculpting. Practicing artists are mainly concerned with the preservation of time-honored skills in creating works of figurative and representational forms of fine art as a means to express human emotions and experiences. Subjects are based on the aesthetics of balancing external reality with the intuitive, internal conscience driven by emotion, philosophical thought, or the spirit. The term is used broadly to encompass all styles and practices of representational art, such as Classicism, Impressionism, Realism, and Plein Air (En plein air) painting. Technical skills are founded in the teachings of the Renaissance, Academic Art, and American Impressionism.

Organizations

Organized groups of practicing artists and institutions dedicated to furthering classical techniques include the Grand Central Atelier, Art Renewal Center, California Art Club, Florence Academy of Art, the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg, Russia, Laguna College of Art and Design, Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art, New York Academy of Art, and Portrait Society of America.

Publications

Publications referencing the term, Contemporary-Traditional or living artists working in traditional styles:

  • Empathy For Beauty, Carnegie Art Museum, essay by museum director Suzanne Bellah, 2014
  • California Light, A Century of Landscapes - Paintings of the California Art Club by Jean Stern and Molly Siple, foreword by Elaine Adams, 2011
  • Land of Sunlight; Contemporary Paintings of San Diego County (2007) by James Lightner
  • On Location in Malibu (1999, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2015) Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, curated by museum director Michael Zakian, PhD. Essay, Painting in Malibu, 1999
  • Selections From the Permanent Collection, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, essay by Michael Tomar, PhD., 1996

Notable artists

Peter Seitz Adams (b. 1950)

Ned Bittinger (b. 1951)

Jacob Collins (b. 1964)

Karl Dempwolf (b. 1939)

Frederick Hart (1943-1999, Sculptor)

Everett Raymond Kinstler (b. 1926)

Jeremy Lipking (b. 1974)

Richard Schmid (b. 1934)

Nelson Shanks (1937-2015)

Tim Solliday (b. 1952)

Alexey Steele (b. 1967)

Patricia Watwood (b. 1971)

Bruce Wolfe (b. 1941, Sculptor)

References

  1. "Exhibition Invitation" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-05-26. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  2. Bellah, Suzanne. "Exhibition catalog "Empathy for Beauty"" (PDF). American Legacy Fine Arts.
  3. California Light: A Century of Landscapes, Paintings of the California Art Club. New York: Skira Rizzoli. 2011. p. 8. ISBN 978-0847836253.
  4. Lightner, James (2007). Land of Sunlight: Contemporary Paintings of San Diego County. Canada: San Diego Flora. pp. xi. ISBN 9780974998121.
  5. "On Location In Malibu | Museum | Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts | Pepperdine". arts.pepperdine.edu. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  6. Zakian, PhD., Michael (1999). Plein Air Painting in Malibu. Pasadena, California: California Art Academy and Museum. p. 9. ISBN 978-0967225715.
  7. Tomar, PhD., Michael (1996). Selection From the Permanent Collection, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art. Loretta, Pennsylvania: Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art. p. 92.
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