1. Youth, 1987
Gouache on paper
40" x 32"
$7,000
2. Dancer, 1989
Gouache on paper
44" x 30"
$7,000
3. Left Profile, 1991
W/C on paper
16" x 12"
$3,000
4. Man with Eyes in Shadow, 1991
W/C on paper
16" x 12"
$3,000
5. A Man, 1988
Gouache on paper
40" x 32"
$7,000
6. Nude Composition in Red & Green, 1985,
Gouache on paper
44" x 30"
$7,000
7. Youth, 1987
Gouache on paper
40" x 32"
$7,000
9.
Profile, 1991
W/C on paper
16" x 12"
$3,000
10. Head Study, 1999
Oil on panel
14" x 11"
$2,500
11. Portrait, 2000
Oil on panel
20" x 16"
$3,500
12. Swimmer, 1984
Gouache on board
63.75" x 44"
NFS
Collection of LLGAF
13. Portrait 2, 2000
Oil on panel
20" x 16"
$3,500
14. Influence of Red, ND
Oil on panel
20" x 16
$3,500
15. Portrait 3, ND
Gouache on paper
20" x 16"
$3,000
18.
Man in Orange Shirt, 1991
W/C on paper
16" x 12"
$3,000
20. Nude Reclining, 1987
Gouache on paper
32" x 40"
$7,000
22. Resting, 1982
Gouache on paper
44" x 30"
$7,000
SOLD
23.
Interior, 1992
Gouache on paper
40" x 32'
$7,000
SOLD
24. Man, Nude, 1990
Gouache on paper
40" X 32"
$7,000
SOLD
25. Study, 1990
W/C on paper
16" x 12"
$3,000
26. Portrait of a Young Man, 1994
Gouache on paper
20" x 16"
$4,000
27. Wrestler, 1989
Gouache on paper
40" x 32"
$7,000
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BECOMING
MEN
Portrait
Paintings of Young Men by Gilbert Lewis
March
9 – April 17, 2004
Philadelphia
artist Gilbert Lewis (b. 1945) is a man engaged in portraying the life
passage of young men, who at ages ranging from 18 to their early 20s
are entering the world of men, yet who have still not mastered their
new roles as male adults. Working at a respectful distance that discretely
honors his subjects' vulnerability, Lewis captures each individual's
unique combination of openness, aloneness, doubt and curiosity as he
assumes a new personal identity as an adult man.
Lewis's exceptional
approach to portraiture has elicited probing comments from a number
of critics. Philadelphia Inquirer art critic Edward J. Sozanski wrote
that an "improbable dichotomy of detachment and engagement and
its refreshing bluntness imparts an [unexpected] edge to Lewis' work.…
[his] studies of male models are… involved in the figure as an
object of contemplation … concerned with the act of looking at
the model, with the model's awareness of being looked at, and with the
observer's becoming an accomplice to this relationship."
In its review
of Lewis' work, Art Matters said "… Gilbert Lewis approaches
the level of Eakins," whose student was Lewis' teacher. "Lewis
continues his ongoing documentation of young men seen with a searing
empathy, incredible candor, and no more technical flaws than the average
Titian."
Writing in
New Art Examiner, critic Jeanne Nugent said that Lewis' portraits "convey
a sense of psychological realism … [in which the subject may] stare
... intently beyond the picture plane as if in search of some secret
self.… Lewis not only renders light as it falls over flesh, fabric
and hair, but ably evokes introspection through an abiding attention
to the subtle gesture, gaze and carriage of his subject. … Behind
the spangling nose ring and tousled hair of [one model] Lewis detects
fragility and articulates the uncertain adolescence of this counterculture
character with delicate gradations of graphite and gouache. In [another
very different portrait], Lewis expresses the assured air of his statuesque
subject through subtle swipes of an eraser."
"Lewis
handles his brush not with the precision of a photorealist, but with
that of a realist-abstractionist," says Philadelphia Inquirer art
critic Victoria Donohoe. His portraits convey his own distinctive approach
to psychological realism, providing intimate insights into the characteristic
sensitivity of young men, both gay and straight.
Lewis is
more interested in matter-of-factly capturing a moment in each young
man's life than in imposing his own psychological interpretation or
telling a narrative story. His images convey the singular unease common
to young men in transition, for whom the very act of modeling is a new
and daring experience.
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28. Man in Gray Shirt, 1992
W/C on paper
16" x 12"
$3,000
29.
Profile 2, ND
Gouache on paper
24" x 18"
$4,000
30. Man in Grey Robe, 1984
Gouache on paper
40" x 32"
$7,000
32. Man in White Shirt, ND
Gouache on paper
30" x 22"
$4,000
33. Study 2, 1991
W/C on paper
16" x 12"
$3,000
35. Sam, 1985
Gouache on paper
22" x 18"
$3,000
36.
Blond Man, 1984
Gouache on paper
20" x 16"
$4,000
37. Ochre, Gray Picture, 1993
W/C on paper
16" x 12"
$3,000
38.
Ochre, Blue Picture, 1992
W/C on paper
16" x 12"
$3,000
SOLD
39. Interior in Black, White & Red, 1989
Gouache
on paper
31" x 22"
$4,000
40. Figure, 1987
Gouache on paper
40" x 30"
$7,000
41.
Studio, 1989
Gouache on paper
30" x 22"
$4,000
42. Man, 1987
Gouache on paper
40" x 32"
$7,000
43.
Pale Gold, 1991
W/C on paper
24" x 18"
$4,000
44. Head Study 2, 1992
W/C on paper
16" x 12"
$2,800
45. Red Gold, 1990
W/C & gouache on paper
16" x 12"
$2,800
47. Profile 3, 1990
W/C & gouache on paper
16" x 12"
$2,800
48. Profile 3, 1990
W/C & Gouache on paper
16" x 12"
$2,800
49. Yellow, Green Study, 1995
W/C & gouache on paper
16" x 12"
$2,800
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