Lee waisler biography

Lee Waisler (born February 25, 1938) is an American painter and printmaker based in Los Angeles.
Biography.
Biography.

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60 x 36

2014

Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Beverly Hills

2011

Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York

2009

Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Hong Kong

2000

Dialectica, New York, NY, USA | Indian Museum, Calcutta, India

1998

National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India and at Mumbai and Calcutta, India

1997

Coldiron Wilshire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA

1996

Michael Machonochie Fine Arts, London, England

1995

Patricia Correa Gallery, Venice, CA, USA

1994

"Chehre" (Face Images), Darryl Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA

1992

Golden West College Art Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA, USA

1990

Sylvia White, Glendale, CA, USA | Galleria Banco Nuevo, Rome, Italy

1988

Bianca Pilat Gallery, Milan, Italy Arturo Schwarz, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Pallazo del Diamanti, Ferrara, Italy Riijskmuseum, Kunstcentrum Markt Zeuehtien, Enschede, Netherlands

1987

Social and Public Art Resource Center, Santa Monica, CA, USA

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Lee Waisler

American painter

Lee Waisler (born February 25, 1938) is an American painter and printmaker based in Los Angeles.^[1] His early artwork depicted political statements,^[2] such as the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement. His current work includes portraits of celebrities and historical figures.^[1] His work is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, National Gallery of Modern Art, among others.^[3]

Early life

Lee Waisler was born on February 25, 1938, in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, to a politically progressive Jewish family. Growing up in nearby West Hollywood, Waisler was surrounded by the movie business and those aspiring to be in it, which, Waisler says, came to be an important part of his development.^[4] Waisler attended the Hollywood Academy of Arts from the age of seven. At the time Waisler was growing up, the Abstract expressionism movement was gaining popularity. Waisler became interested in abstraction and was influenced b

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Lee Waisler, a California-based American painter, creates dimensional portraits of historical and contemporary figures composed of strips of wood and blocks of color. He layers his canvases with thick pigments, followed by the addition of organic materials that hold symbolic value: sand for time, wood for life and glass for light. His range of materials creates dynamic forms and textures.

Waisler began painting in the 1960s. His earliest works were socially and politically charged, dealing with momentous historical events such as the Holocaust, the Vietnam War, and the civil rights movement. Waisler’s works soon began to reflect his growing interest in Eastern philosophy, and accordingly, became increasingly abstract. It was after a journey to India in the mid-nineties that his works moved toward figuration and away from pure abstraction. He turned to portraiture full-force in 2005. His subjects include iconic individuals from many spheres, including Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Liu Xiaobo and Virginia Woolf.

Lee Waisler’s work is included in The Metropolitan