Fairfield Porter
Fairfield Porter (June 10, 1907 - September 18,
1975) was an American painter and art critic.
Largely self-taught, he produced representational
work in the midst of the Abstract Expressionist movement.His subjects
were primarily landscapes, domestic interiors and portraits of family,
friends and fellow artists; many set in or around the family house
on Spruce Head Island, Maine.His painterly vision which encompassed
a fascination with nature and the ability to reveal extraordinariness
in ordinary life was heavily indebted to the French painters Pierre
Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard. He said once, "When I paint,
I think that what would satisfy me is to express what Bonnard said
Renoir told him: make everything more beautiful."
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