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Artist |
Tabachnick, Anne |
Object Name |
Painting |
Title |
Trees and Grass |
Date |
ca. 1980s |
Medium |
Acrylic on canvas |
Dimensions |
46 1/2 x 51 1/4 in. (118.1 x 130.2 cm) |
Accession Number |
678.0.0 |
About This Work |
Anne Tabachnick was born in Connecticut in 1927 and earned a B.A. in anthropology from Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, New York. Attracted to the bohemian art scene in Greenwich Village in the 1940s, at the urging of fellow artist Nell Blaine (1922-1996), Tabachnick enrolled in night classes with Hans Hofmann (1880-1966). Although abstraction began to dominate contemporary art in the 1950s, Tabachnick did not fully embrace the style. Instead, she employed semi-figurative elements rendered in vibrant, saturated colors accented by charcoal applied on top of the paint. Her style is considered by most critics as indebted to Matisse. Trees and Grass (ca. 1980) is a traditional landscape in which Tabachnick uses lush color and outlined plant forms in the foreground. However, the loose paint strokes of grass green and jewel tones hovering above a few leaves sprouting from the ground suggests a scene in tension with the observable world and pure expression. Tabachnick's last solo exhibition in 2015 at Lori Bookstein Fine Art in New York was reviewed in Hyperallergic by Tim Keane, who wrote: ". . . Tabachnick has long been one of the many New York School painters relegated to a minor role by art historians." Unlisted: Underappreciated Women Artists from the Permanent Collection, May 28-October 2, 2022, exhibition label. |
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