Jacob Collins: New Work
May 11 – July 28, 2011
Jacob Collins (b. 1964)
Study for Red Wine, 2011
Oil on canvas
11 x 16 inches
SOLD
Adelson Galleries is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition of new work by Jacob Collins from May 11 – July 28, 2011. This exhibition of approximately 30 new landscapes, portraits, and still-life works will mark the artist’s first solo show with the gallery.
A leading figure in the contemporary revival of classical painting, Jacob Collins is applauded by critics and cultivated by collectors whose interests range from Old Master paintings to Modernism and contemporary art. He embraces a variety of subject matter and is equally adept at portraiture (his sitters have included J. Paul Getty Jr., President George Herbert Walker Bush, and Supreme Court Justice Warren Burger) as he is at painting landscape, still-life, and figural themes. Collins, who has said he aims to “paint with the skills of past masters while still feeling fresh,” relies on meticulous observation, careful draftsmanship, and dramatic use of darkness and illumination to create works that—while set in the present—exude a sense of timelessness.
Collins’ artistic life centers on New York City, where he has always lived and worked. In addition to his painting, Collins is also a sought-after teacher who believes in rigorous classical training in disciplines that hark back to the Renaissance. Over the years, Collins has established several painting ateliers in the tradition of the French academy, finding the rich exchange of ideas among like-minded peers to be beneficial to his work as well.
The artist received his own formal training in New York, and also studied in Paris. Collins has been the subject of over 20 solo exhibitions, and his work is represented in numerous prestigious public and private collections including Harvard’s Fogg Art Museum, Amherst’s Mead Art Museum, and the collection of Yale University, among others.
Selected Press
American Artist - Jacob Collins: New Work - August 2011
American Art Collector - Jacob Collins: Drawing Forward - July 2011
Etihad Airways Magazine - Return to the Classics - February 2011