Reflection

Neil WelliverWW-1977-100960

1977·Watercolor and graphite on ivory wove paper·75 × 76.2 cm (29 9/16 × 30 in.)

Catalogue

Year: 1977
Medium: Watercolor and graphite on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: 75 × 76.2 cm (29 9/16 × 30 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Neil Welliver

Artist

Neil Welliver

Drawing

Neil Welliver is an American painter known for large-scale landscapes executed in oil, depicting Maine's wilderness with formal precision and atmospheric subtlety. Working from the 1950s onward, he combined close observation of natural light and terrain with an abstract sensibility inherited from his postwar training. His canvases, often monumental in scale, treat forest interiors, water, and seasonal change as subjects for rigorous formal investigation rather than romantic sentiment.

Pennsylvania, USA

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