Read this excellent article about the contemporary realism movement happening today in Art. This article was shared with me by none other than the glorious poet himself Dave Talbot. The article shares many wise words from a great leader in this movement: Jacob Collins.
Autumn Landscape – Jacob Collins
Collins explains: “My general feeling in terms of art making is the train got off the rails in the 1860s and 1870s, and my practical instinct is to go back to where it was, try to put it back, fix it up, and start going again. Our culture,” he continued, “has inherited the idea that if artists are not avant-garde they cannot have a significant role. That’s a fallacy we’ve inherited from some Parisian nut-job radicals. The rejection of beauty is so accepted. It’s high time that we as a culture attend to our beauty position.”
to peruse his paintings and hear about him from my great grandmother Anna. His paintings and prints hand on the walls of my parents home, and I’ve always loved his work. I got to see where he first exhibited in Germany, at the Lenbachaus in Munich, when I studied abroad in college. I will never forget that.
