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Graham Thompson - American Culture, Edinburgh University Press (U.K.)
"One demonstration of the way photography became assimilated into the art world is the
success of photorealist painting in the late 60's
and early 70's.
It is also called super-realism or
hyper-realism and painters like
Richard Estes,
Denis Peterson,
Audrey Flack,
and Chuck Close
often worked from photographic stills to create paintings that appeared to be photographs. The everyday nature of the subject matter likewise works to secure the painting as a realist object.
The hyperrealist genre, however, is clearly more than just an attempt to replicate the mechanical action of taking a
photograph."
Apocalypse
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Denis Peterson
learned drawing and painting under the lifelong tutelage of his grandfather, a master painter and protégé of
Claude Monet.
Denis restored 16th and 17th century Flemish paintings for museums while attaining his MFA.
His
early photorealist paintings were
shown in New York at galleries and in public exhibitions including the
Brooklyn Museum,
one of the premier art institutions in the world.
Following two decades of painting, the next two were a disconnect from exhibiting his work in order to pursue other interests.
Then, breaking with the formal conventions of traditional painting
and its aesthetic limitations, he pioneered a splinter movement within photorealism that he called
hyperrealism,
now a widely acknowledged school
of art with a significant international following.
Hyperreal paintings by Denis Peterson
are sought by art collectors worldwide and exhibited throughout the United States and Europe.
Denis maintains a studio in New York.
To inquire about commissioning or purchasing a painting, click here.
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Photorealism painting, photorealist painter photorealist
Photorealism not same as Hyperreal or Hyperrealist work
Hyper-realism subset Photorealism. Wikipedia
lists Denis Peterson founder of hyperrealism (Hyperrealism)
seehis work at Plus One gallery in London UK with other hyperrealist painters. Lists under Hyperrealism,hyperrealists and photorealists.
Also see: hyper-realism,hyper-real,hyperrealism,photorealism,photorealist painters,photorealists
"One demonstration of the way photography became assimilated into the art world is the success of
photorealist painting in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It is also called super-realism or
hyper-realism and painters like Richard Estes, Denis Peterson, Audrey Flack, and
Chuck Close often worked from photographic stills to create paintings that appeared to be photographs."
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