Art Fitzpatrick
Pontiac Bonneville Illustration, Love on a Rainy Afternoon , 1969
Mixed Media on Illustration Board
13 × 14 1/2 in | 33 × 36.8 cm
$ 45,000.00
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Even on a rainy day, life can't be better when there is a 1969 Pontiac Bonneville in the picture. The present Arthur 'Art' Fitzpatrick & Van Kaufman collaborative automobile ad...
Even on a rainy day, life can't be better when there is a 1969 Pontiac
Bonneville in the picture. The present Arthur "Art" Fitzpatrick &
Van Kaufman collaborative automobile ad painting goes beyond motoring
culture and ventures deeply into the realm of fine art. It would not go
too far to say that, Art Fitzpatrick may be the titularless father of
Photo Realism. His painting of the Pontiac Bonneville is a visually
striking, photorealistic airbrush work characterized by shiny chrome,
snappy color, reflective glass, and water droplets demonstrating
Fitzpatrick's technical mastery and predating and perhaps inspiring the
Photo-Realism art movement of the late 1960s. Of particular note is the
work of the renowned photorealist artist Robert Bechtle, whose paintings
focus on shiny cars. The other artist of this tag team painting is Van
Kaufman, who deftly renders the background and figural group in a looser
Post-Impressionist style. Why are Fitzpatrick and Kaufman not fine art
superstars whose work hangs in every major museum? It's because the
museum bias favors so-called fine art over commercial art, even if the
commercial artists may have inspired a major American art movement. The
great car illustrators commissioned by major brands, in this case GM,
were master craftsmen and brilliant artists, yet they were overlooked,
understudied, and ignored until now. With "Pontiac Ventura
Advertisement," Fitzpatrick and Kaufman are launched into the fine art
world and will most likely receive tepid attention from major museum
curators who have little curiosity beyond the current crop of young,
ultra-contemporary artists, most of whom, at best, are derivative
artists.
Another highly creative aspect of this painting is its
collaborative nature, where two artists with different styles come
together to create a work that seamlessly unifies their styles;
Photo-Realism and Post Impressionism.
The
present car advertisement is initialed AF, VK lower left, and is framed
under plexiglass to a size of 23.25 x 24.25. The present work was
published as a national ad under the Pontiac tagline "Pontiac break
away."
Bonneville in the picture. The present Arthur "Art" Fitzpatrick &
Van Kaufman collaborative automobile ad painting goes beyond motoring
culture and ventures deeply into the realm of fine art. It would not go
too far to say that, Art Fitzpatrick may be the titularless father of
Photo Realism. His painting of the Pontiac Bonneville is a visually
striking, photorealistic airbrush work characterized by shiny chrome,
snappy color, reflective glass, and water droplets demonstrating
Fitzpatrick's technical mastery and predating and perhaps inspiring the
Photo-Realism art movement of the late 1960s. Of particular note is the
work of the renowned photorealist artist Robert Bechtle, whose paintings
focus on shiny cars. The other artist of this tag team painting is Van
Kaufman, who deftly renders the background and figural group in a looser
Post-Impressionist style. Why are Fitzpatrick and Kaufman not fine art
superstars whose work hangs in every major museum? It's because the
museum bias favors so-called fine art over commercial art, even if the
commercial artists may have inspired a major American art movement. The
great car illustrators commissioned by major brands, in this case GM,
were master craftsmen and brilliant artists, yet they were overlooked,
understudied, and ignored until now. With "Pontiac Ventura
Advertisement," Fitzpatrick and Kaufman are launched into the fine art
world and will most likely receive tepid attention from major museum
curators who have little curiosity beyond the current crop of young,
ultra-contemporary artists, most of whom, at best, are derivative
artists.
Another highly creative aspect of this painting is its
collaborative nature, where two artists with different styles come
together to create a work that seamlessly unifies their styles;
Photo-Realism and Post Impressionism.
The
present car advertisement is initialed AF, VK lower left, and is framed
under plexiglass to a size of 23.25 x 24.25. The present work was
published as a national ad under the Pontiac tagline "Pontiac break
away."