A Private Showing at display/OC-FAS March 12th, 2011
display/OC-FAS was proud to present a preview of a museum exhibition of 40 rarely seen paintings of this talented and pioneering artist.
Twice a recipient of a Guggerheim Fellowship (in 1932 and 1936), she spent a great deal of her time traveling alone in rural Mexico. Each canvas in this showing demonstrates the author’s vital intimate knowledge of the places and peoples she depicts. She is not content with surface lines and colors, but goes behind to the essence. Hence all her work has considerably more than technical dimensions; it has spiritual penetration, a knowledge of cultural unity and continuity, of the relationship of people to their plants, their fruits, their animals, their dwellings, and their food.
For a much fuller insight into the life of Miss Rosenthal, please click the link below.
