Current Location:
Allendale Campus -> Thomas J. and Marcia J. Haas Center for Performing ArtsLocation Notes:
PAC Lobby East Wall;PAC Lobby East WallPortends: The Works of Man
Artwork
Identifier:
1998.249.1Artist:
[500051994] Weidenaar, Reynold Henry (Persons, Artists) - American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1915-1985Credit:
On Loan from the William Nicholson CollectionMedium:
Oil on MasoniteDate:
1960Dimensions:
Artworks;Frames - Height: 17.25 in;23.25 in Width: 23.25 in;29.25 in Depth: 1.9 inDescription:
Extremely detailed painting of decrepit skull-like building; decay; stormy sky; neutral colors with some red brick tones.
Historical Context:
Reynold Weidenaar was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He studied at the Kansas City Art Institute in the 1940s. Weidenaar was one of earliest people in the United States to rediscover and revive the art of mezzotint printmaking. He spent considerable time experimenting not only with techniques but also in designing and hand-making the tools he used to create his prints. In 1944 he received a Guggenheim fellowship followed by a Louis Comfort Tiffany scholarship in 1949. Also in 1949, he was elected to the National Academy. In 1950, the Society of American Etchers awarded him the John Taylor Arms Prize.