JIM QUINN
FINE ART




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JIM QUINN
 FINE ART











OIL PAINTINGS ON CANVAS / LINEN

Self Portrait as Black Jack Ketchum in Cervical Traction Niggun #10, Song Without Words Tetramorph #2 Self Portrait as a Vampire Self Portrait as The Wasp Woman, 1959 Self Portrait as Tom Terrific - Captain Kangaroo, 1950’s Sciatica Begone ~ Self Portrait as Bela Lugosi on Inversion Table Self Portrait as Grandfather Clock, Captain Kangaroo, 1950s Autumn Wisteria in the Garden of Confucius, Qufu, China Professor Zhang Xinwen in the Act Cows 3 Morning Glory’s Visitor Sheep in Twilight Cacti Gnomenclature Street Musician 2 - Nose Flutist, Jinan, China Self Portrait as Yosemite Sam Global Intergovernmental Camouflage Self Portrait as Robert Scott Carey, The Incredible Shrinking Man / Artist 1957 Detail #1 - Self Portrait as Robert Scott Carey, The Incredible Shrinking Man / Artist 1957 Detail #2 - Self Portrait as Robert Scott Carey, The Incredible Shrinking Man / Artist 1957 Snow Angel Homage to Zhang Hongxiang ~ Artist and Mentor The Knitting Lesson ~ Portraits of Machangxuan and Mary, the Artist’s Wife Homage to Shi Zhiyou - An Invitation to Tea The Gift Isbrytarna i Luleå Hamn / Icebreakers in Luleå Harbor, Sweden Rest Time at Lunchtime, Anqing, China Detail - Insignificant Self Portrait Pondering Giambaptista Tiepolo Insignificant Self Portrait Pondering Giambaptista Tiepolo Bingtanghulu Street Vendor, Jinan, China Portrait of Tian Xingyu Mary in the Magnolias Pu'er Tea with Xinzhu, Jinan, China Street Musician, Jinan, China Jinshan Temple, Dezhou, China Cabbage Harvest in Dajinkou, China Baotu Spring, Jinan, China Lion Grove Garden, Suzhou, China A Rest from the Heat, Lion Grove Garden, Suzhou, China Aerial Portrait of Jia Qi Qi Step Into the Light, Hu Qing Pensive Hu Qing Portrait of Luke Dangler Portrait of Dr. Jenny Valitalo Hu Qing and Butterflies Hu Qing and Butterflies Commemorative Postage Stamp Series: Celebrating China's Finest Artists and Educators - Zhang Xinwen Portrait of Li Xiao Portrait of Stacy Sharp Portrait of Nelia Viz Portrait of Wanyue Gong Portrait of Mathew Portrait of Emma Let's Wock and Woll The Littlest Pirate Portrait of Philip Morsberger Portrait of Jiani Su The Torontonians Still Life with Eggs Mary, 'neath the Tent of Ya'achov, amidst the Storm Niggunim #9 Niggun #6 Niggun #7 Niggun #1 Niggun #2 Process Dematerialization / Re-Spiritualization Rediscovery, Reflection and  Y'hoshua (Joshua) 1.8 Oona, the Artist's Daughter, bat Ya'achov Oona, the Artist's Daughter, bat Ya'achov time-lapse Portrait of Margaret Colacino Self Portrait in Middle Age Morning Ritual From Where We Come and have Been Corinna Kyla and the Orphaned Mallards Mary's Sunflowers 2 Plaza, Palma de Majorca Lazy Summer Laundry Herefords Mary, Portrait of the Artist's Wife Power Lunch Mary's Sunflowers Bathing Beauty Pultneyville Mariners Club Looking East Cows Self Portrait, Age 39 The Pruner Pultneyville Mariner's Club Kyla Rose, the Artist's Daughter, Age 4 East Williamson Train Yard Kyla at the Beach Oona, the Artist's Daughter Lazy Summer Laundry 2 - Diptych Kyla Rose, the Artist's Daughter, Age 25 Dressing up and Balloons Keep Your Squash Outta the Cookie La Pomme Joseph's Dream and the Mother of Emmanuel...Matt 1.23" The Ancient of Days (after Raphael) ben avraham...Yochanan (John)15. 19&21 Engineered Spiritual Famine...Amos 8.11 Admonishing Authority...Matt 18.6 Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh (I Will Be That, Who, Which, Where I Will Be) Ex Umbris Ad Lucem (Out of Darkness into the Light)...1 Peter 2. 9, 11-12 Gotta Serve Somebody (after Dylan)...Joshua 24.15 Sh'mot (Exodus) 26.33 & Luke 23.45b-46 The Servant Teacher's Ostracism...Ecc.12.9-11,13 Triune...Rev.21.6 Whattaya Mean You Don't See It?...2 Corinthians 3.16-18 When One's Heart Operates From Another Star...1Cor.2.12-15

PASTELS & MIXED MEDIA

Hibiscus Before a Thunderstorm Water Lily #2 Water Lily #3 Sunset in Stockholm Well Dressed Panhandler, Granada, Spain View from a Windmolen, Kinderdijk, Netherlands Sheep in Twilight 2 Heron in the Mist Fawn in Autumn Light Street Musician 3 - Tavira, Portugal Cows 4 Floral Lane, Tavira, Portugal Boathouse, Brändön, Luleå Cactus Shadow, Tavira, Portugal Portrait of Professor Chen Tianqiang Under the Solar Egg Indecision of Two Seasons Last Season of Hollyhocks Last Season of Pumpkin Blossoms Northern Swedish Light ~ Portrait of Dr. Jenny Valitalo Windows in a Lane ~ Granada, Spain Pumpkin Blossoms Lane in Stockholm, Sweden Gilao River ~ Tavira, Portugal S.S.Orion ~ Stockholm, Sweden Red Cabbage in Summer Garden Tomb of Confucius ~ Qufu, China Gammelstad, Sweden Father and Daughter Tavira, Portugal #2 Dusk, Tavira, Portugal Portrait of Violette Belzer Kinderdijk, The Netherlands Loofah Blossom Jacque’s Tulips Flamingos, Tavira, Portugal Rhododendron Portrait of Yu Kai Portrait of Wang Lu Magpie Nest, Changqing, China Portrait of Anita Knieser Lotus, Lion Grove Gardens, Suzhou, China Naptime, Chengdu, China Begonia Autumn Leaves on Blue BYD Bonnet Chinese Red Maple Tombs, Confucius Cemetery, Qufu, China Red Azalea Prayer Plaques, Confucius Temple, Qufu, China Chinese Rooftop Morning Glories Crab Apple Blossoms Complementary Concepts: Green Steel and Red Hollyhocks Jinshan Temple II, Dezhou, China Blueberry Harvest Shadows on a Red Wall, Liubu, China Mary’s Sunflowers and Scarlet Bee Balm Cherry Blossoms Waterlily / Lotus Flower Yu chuan, Daming Lake, Jinan, China Azalea Garden Fragrant Yellow Roses Hanging Basket Bouquet Deep Red Roses Zhangqiu Valley, Zhangqiu, China Climbing Red Roses Zhangqiu, Old Village Roof Tops, Zhangqiu, China Portrait of Jia Qiqi Dual Portrait, Mary and Oona Portrait of Baby Oona Intergenerational Sanhedrin Morning's Glory and the Anabaptists Martyrs Sunflower and the Archangel Cherubim Tish Marnie Afloat Cows Cows The Race Starts Here Tetramorph

DRAWINGS

Portrait of Fan Yingde Portrait of Wang Weidong Portrait of Kang Wenbo Portrait of Wu Yanjing Portrait of Su Guosong Portrait of Xinzhu Portrait of Huang Ru Portrait of Yang Shunting Portrait of Wang Lu Portrait of Pang Danney Portrait of Yan Ziqi Portrait of Tian Xingyu Portrait of Sun Li and Wang Zhen Portrait of Liu Ziyu Comical Self Portrait Dual Portrait, Corinna and Joseph Female Life Study Portrait of Ann Stryker Portrait of Areeya Chantasri Portrait of Jeanne VanHee Portrait of Dr. Jenny Valitalo Portrait of Jiani Su Portrait of Luke Dangler Portrait of Nelia Viza Portrait of the Artist’s Brother Portrait of William Thomas Skull Study Self Portrait, Age 38 Portrait of Wanyue Gong Portrait of a Young Woman Moving Man Portrait of Jiani Su Portrait of the Artist's Brother, Martin Life Model Life Model Portrait of the Artist's Wife, Mary Life Model Study Life Model in the Life Room The Escort Life Model Ford Angelia

Copyright © Jim Quinn

Jim Quinn Portrait of Jim Quinn by Yang Shunting
Professor Jim Quinn, UCFA (Oxon), MSEd is a Former Lecturer and Assistant Pro-fessor in Fine Art. He has taught in the areas of Painting, Drawing and 2D-Design. He specializes and instructs in a classical, observational approach to Painting and Draw-ing as well as Contemporary Abstract Painting.

Professor Quinn was classically trained, graduated and awarded his MFA or BFA/MA equivalent (UCFA Oxon) from the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford, England. He also earned a Master’s degree in Art Education (MSEd) from Nazareth College in Rochester, New York; and possesses a New York State Perma-nent Life Time Certification in Art Education, Art K-12.

Professor Quinn has exhibited extensively at the regional, national and international levels. His oil paintings, pastel paintings and drawings are included in private and pub-lic collections in the United States, Europe, and China.

Professor Quinn has taught at Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire, Hobart and William Smith Colleges and Nazareth College in New York State.

Professor Quinn was a Foreign Cultural and Educational Expert / Visiting Professor in the Peoples Republic of China, teaching at Shandong University of Arts in Jinan, Chi-na; where he taught Portrait Drawing, Portrait Painting and Contemporary Abstract Painting and delivered lectures at Anqing Normal University and Qufu Normal Univer-sity. Professor Quinn was awarded funds from the China National Arts Fund through Shan-dong Jianzhu University for On Line Workshop in Pastel Painting.

Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor of Art / Lecturer at Nazareth College.

UCFA Oxon, MS.Ed
quinnart05@gmail.com

Education


Nazareth College, Rochester, New York
MSEd (Art Education), 2003

Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, New York
New York State Teacher Certification in Art K - 12, 2000

The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art
University of Oxford, Oxford, England

Graduated UCFA Oxon, 1974, BFA / MA or MFA Equivalent

Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology, Oakville, Ontario, Canada Two - Year Study of Art and Process of Classical Film Animation, 1980-1981

Experience

Teaching Experience

China National Arts Fund and Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan, China, Lecturer for On Line Pastel Workshop, Summer 2022

Nazareth College of Rochester, Rochester, NY, Adjunct Art Professor / Lecturer, Drawing 2, 2023

Shandong University of Arts, Shandong Province, Jinan, China, Foreign Cultural and Educational Expert / Major Teacher / Visiting Professor of Art, Portrait Drawing, Portrait Painting, and Contemporary Abstract Painting, Spring and Fall Terms 2017.

Nazareth College of Rochester, Rochester, NY, Adjunct Art Professor / Lecturer, 2D Design, Painting 2, Graduate Drawing, Graduate Painting, Advanced Studio Thesis - Painting, 2010 - 2016.

Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY, Visiting Assistant Professor, Color and Composition, Life Drawing, Introduction to Drawing, 2012 - 2013.

Art Gallery Manager, Coordinate Exhibition Logistics, Provide Artist Assistance, Oversee Installation / De-Installation of Exhibitions for the Nazareth College Arts Center Gallery and the Margaret Colacino Gallery at Nazareth College, Academic Year 2012 - 2016.

Assistant to Gallery Director, Installation / De-Installation of Exhibitions for the Nazareth Arts Center Gallery and the Margaret Colacino Gallery at Nazareth College, 2010 - 2012.

Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, New Hampshire, Assistant Professor of Fine Art / Painting, Drawing, 2D - Design, Experiencing the Arts, Senior Capstone - Preparation of the Art Professional, Middle School Grades 6 - 8 and High School Grades 9 - 12 Art Education Methods Courses as Directed / Independent Studies
Academic Year 2006 - 2009
  • Student Academic Advisement
  • Chair, Fine Arts Search Committee for Ceramics
  • Faculty Development Committee
  • On-Going Professional Development - NEASC, AP College Board
Nazareth College of Rochester, Rochester, NY, Visiting Assistant Professor, 2D Design, Drawing 1 and Drawing 2, Academic Year 2005-2006

Nazareth College of Rochester, Rochester, NY,Adjunct Art Professor / Lecturer, 2D Design, Spring 2004 and Academic Year 2004-2005.

Nazareth College of Rochester, Rochester, NY, Professional Day for the Artist / Teacher, Art Workshops for Rochester Area Art Teachers, Presented by Art Education Program / Professional and Continuing Education, 2005, 2006

Webster Schroeder High School, Artist-in-Residence, Fall 2004

West Irondequoit Central School District, Dake Junior High School, Art Teacher, Grades 7 and 8, 2001 - 2003


Affiliations

Salmagundi Club, NYC - NRA Member
Knickerbocker Artists, NYC - Signature Member
Pastel Society of America
Allied Artists of America - Elected Member
Zhuhai Xiangzhou Pastel Alliance, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China

Exhibition Record

Selected Juried Exhibitions


Audubon Artists - 81st Annual Exhibition, 2023
Pittsford Fine Art Open - Juried Exhibition, Awarded 2nd Place for Still Life, 2023
Salmagundi Club NYC - Rites of Spring Exhibition, 2023
Allied Artists of America - 110th Online Annual Exhibition, 2023
Audubon Artists - 80th Annual Exhibition, 2022
Salmagundi Club, Pastel Showcase Exhibition, 2022, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Pastel Guild of Europe, PGE Dust Off Online Exhibition, 2022
Allied Artists of America, 109th Annual Online Exhibition, 2022
Audubon Artists, 80th Annual Online Exhibition, 2022
Allied Artists of America, 108th Annual Exhibition, 2021. Awarded the Jenny Lin Art Studio Pastel Award.
Lian Yiqing Cup Pastel Invitational Exhibition, 2021, Xiangzhou Pastel Society of Zhuhai, Zhuhai, China
Rochester Finger-Lakes 67th Biennale Exhibition, 2021, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Schweinfurth Art Center, Made in New York 2021, 2021, Auburn, New York
The 3rd Quancheng (City of Springs / Jinan City) Pastel Painting Online Exhibition, 2020, Jinan City Art Museum, Jinan, China (Invited Special Guest Exhibitor)
The 2nd Quancheng (City of Springs / Jinan City) Pastel Painting Exhibition, 2019, Jinan City Art Museum, Jinan, China (Invited Special Guest Exhibitor)
Rochester Finger-Lakes Exhibition, 2019, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Main Street Art Gallery, Small Works 2015 Juried Exhibition, 2015, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
Main Street Art Gallery, Self Portrait Invitational, 2015, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
Arnot Art Museum, 74th Annual Regional Juried Show, 2014, Elmira, NY
Gallery West, Ltd.,15th Annual National Juried Show, 2012, Alexandra, VA
Rhonda Schaller Studios, On Faith: Saviors, Prophets, and Magic, 2008, New York, NY
Fitchburg Museum of Art, Regional Tristate Exhibition, 2007, Fitchburg, MA
Knickerbocker Artists, USA, 43rd Grand International Exhibition, 1993, Perry House Gallery, Old Alexandria, VA
Knickerbocker Artists, USA, 42nd Grand International Exhibition, 1992, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY - (Elected to Signature Membership)
Knickerbocker Artists, USA, 41st Grand International Exhibition, 1991, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Knickerbocker Artists, USA, 40th Grand International Exhibition, 1990, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Knickerbocker Artists, USA, 39th Grand International Exhibition, 1989, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Knickerbocker Artists, USA, 38th Grand International Exhibition, 1988, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Allied Artists of America, 77th Annual Exhibition, 1990, National Arts Club, New York, NY
Allied Artists of America, 75th Annual Exhibition, 1988, National Arts Club, New York, NY
The Audubon Artists, 47th Annual Exhibition, 1989, National Arts Club, New York, NY
The American Artist's Professional League, 64th Grand National Exhibition, 1992, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
The American Artist's Professional League, 61st Grand National Exhibition, 1989, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
The American Artist's Professional League, 60th Grand National Exhibition, 1988, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
The American Artist's Professional League, 59th Grand National Exhibition, 1987, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY - (Awarded Certificate of Merit)
Akron Society of Artists, Grand National Exhibition, 1992, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, (Awarded Honorable Mention)
Leslie Levy Fine Art, Inc., Contemporary Realism 5, 1992, Scottsdale, AZ
Arnot Art Museum, Annual Regional Exhibition, 1992, Elmira, NY
The Clary-Miner Gallery, Recent Realism Exhibition, 1987, Buffalo, NY
Patio Azul Gallery, National Exhibition, 1993, Sedona, AZ
The Batavia Society of Artists, National Exhibition, 1990, Batavia, NY
The Batavia Society of Artists, National Exhibition, 1989, Batavia, NY
The Batavia Society of Artists, National Exhibition, 1988, Batavia, NY
The Batavia Society of Artists, National Exhibition, 1987, Batavia, NY
Rochester-Finger Lakes Regional Exhibition, Memorial art Gallery, 1988, Rochester, NY
First British International Drawing Biennale, 1973, Middlesborough, Teeside, England

Solo Exhibitions

"Selected Works, Models, and Verses" - Paintings by Jim Quinn 1992 - 2012 - Solo Exhibition , 2012, Margaret Colacino Gallery, Nazareth College of Rochester, Rochester, NY.
"Painting and Faith...a Continuum" 1991 - 2011 - Work by Jim Quinn, Solo Exhibition / Mini-Retrospective, 2012, Gilbert Gallery, Miss Porter's School, Farmington, Connecticut
"Imagines Postmodernae de Scripturis...It Ain't Religion, It's a Lifestyle 2"
Solo Exhibition, 2010, B.T.Hall Gallery, Northeastern Seminary, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, New York.
"Imagines Postmodernae de Scripturis...It Ain't Religion, It's a Lifestyle" Solo Exhibition, 2009, Alternative Viewing Venue: Monadnock Full Gospel Church, Rindge, New Hampshire.
"In Hindsight...Looking Forward", Solo Exhibition, 2007, Thoreau Gallery, Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, New Hampshire
"The Human Condition", Solo Exhibition, The Nice Picture Gallery, 1995, Havana, FL
"The Appleseed Collection", Solo Exhibition, Council for the Arts / Wayne County, 1993, Lyons, NY
"Works on Paper", Solo Exhibition, 1974, Alfred University Information Center, Rochester, NY

Group Exhibitions


AP Studio Art Readers - Invitational Exhibition 2013, The Alvin Gittens Gallery, Department of Art and Art History, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Fine Art Department, Faculty Exhibition, 2009 - 2016, 2022, The Arts Center Gallery, Nazareth College Arts Center, Nazareth College of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Faculty / Student Exhibition, 2009, Thoreau Gallery, Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, New Hampshire
Fine Art Department Faculty Exhibition, 2007, Thoreau Gallery, Franklin Pierce University, Rindge, New Hampshire
Fine Art Department Faculty Exhibition, 2006, Thoreau Gallery, Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, New Hampshire
Fine Art Department Faculty Exhibition, 2006, High Falls Art Center, Rochester Council of Arts and Culture, Nazareth College of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Faculty / Student Exhibition, 1972, Trinity College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England
Faculty / Student Exhibition, 1971, Trinity College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England

Awards / Grants / Other Activities and Service

AP College Board - Studio Art Portfolio Reader, 2006 - 2013
New York State Art Teachers Association, NYSATA, 2010 Annual Fall Conference, Artist / Facilitator - Life Drawing for Art Teachers, Rochester, New York.
New Hampshire Allstate Art Festival, Artist / Mentor / Facilitator, Currier Art Museum, Manchester, NH., 2007, 2008
College Board AP Studio Art Portfolio Reader, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011
Wayne County Historical Society, Wayne County Jail Museum, Lyons, NY, Ten Historical Inmate Life Size Figure Paintings for Educational Installation, 2006
Permanent Life Public School Teacher Certification for the State of New York, 2000
County Initiative Grant, Council for the Arts/Wayne County, 1989
Kodak International Newspaper Snapshot Awards, KINSA, 1988
Rochester Society of Communicating Arts, Certificate of Excellence, Annual Exhibition, 1985

Professional Commercial and Fine Artist

1974 - Present, Always Active

Personal

Married to Accomplished Artist and Retired High School Art Teacher of 38 years
Father of Two Incredible Daughters - Both Teachers
Pleasures - Making Art, Teaching Art, Making Music, Weight Training, and Small Scale Farming


Portfolios

Portrait Drawing and Painting
China
Jim Quinn - Visiting Professor


Contemporary Abstract Painting
China
Jim Quinn - Visiting Professor


Drawing

Painting

2D-Design
He was classically trained, graduated and received his MFA or BFA/MA equivalent (UCFA Oxon) from the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford, England. He also has a Master's degree in Art Education (MS.Ed) from Nazareth College in Rochester, New York. He specializes and instructs students in the areas of classical observational painting and drawing, and 2D-design.

- Pedagogical Fine Art Lineage

Note: Begin Reading at Bottom

Louis de Boullogne 1657 – 1733

Boullogne was born and died in Paris. Aged 18 he won the grand prix de peinture and left for Rome in 1676. In 1722, he was chosen to design the medals and mottos for the Academic des inscriptions, receiving a new 1,000 livres pension and the ordre de Saint- Michel. In 1723, he was made rector of the Académie; in 1724, first painter to the king, with letters patent of nobility for him and his descendents; and, in 1725, director of the Académie, offices he held until his death. His students included Cornical, Galloche and Courtin.

Louis Galloche 1670 - 1761

Galloche was a French painter. A student of Louis de Boullogne; his own students included Francois Lemoyne and Francois Boucher.

Francois Lemoyne 1688 – 1737

He was born in Paris. In 1701, when he was 13 years old, he entered the Academie de peinture et de sculpture. He studied under Louis Galloche and stayed until 1713. In 1711, Lemoyne won the Prix de Rome. Accepted as a member of the Academie in 1718, he is elected as a professor in 1733.

Francois Boucher 1703 – 1770

He was a French painter, who studied under Lemoyne was a proponent of Rococo taste, known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories representing the arts and pastoral occupations, and intended as a sort of two- dimensional furniture. He also painted several portraits of his illustrious patroness, Madame de Pompadour.

Jacques-Louis David 1748 – 1825

He was a highly influential French painter in the Neoclassical style, Who studied under Boucher and is considered to be the prominent painter of the era. In the 1780’s his cerebral brand of history painting marked a change in taste away from Rococo frivolity toward a classical austerity and severity, chiming with the moral climate of the final years of the ancient regime and embracing the French Revolution.

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres 1780 – 1867

Ingres was a French Neoclassical painter who studied under David. Although he considered himself a painter of history in the tradition of Nicolas Poussin and Jacques- Louis David, by the end of his life it was Ingres’ portraits, both painted and drawn, that were recognized as his greatest legacy.

Louis LaMothe 1822 - 1869

Lamothe was a French academic artist born in Lyons. He is remembered today primarily as the teacher of several more renowned artists, such as Edgar Degas, Henri Regnault, and James Tissot. Lamothe was a pupil of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and Jean- Hippolyte Flandrin.

Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas 1834 – 1917

He was a French artist, who studied under LaMothe and Ingres, is famous for his work in painting, sculpture, printmaking, and drawing. He is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism although he rejected the term, and preferred to be called a realist. A superb draughtsman, he is especially identified with the subject of dance, and over half his works depict dancers. These display his mastery in the depiction of movement, as did his racecourse subjects and female nudes. His portraits are considered be among the finest in the history of western art.

Walter Sickert 1860 – 1942

Sickert was born in Munich, Germany in 1860 and died in Bath, England. He was an English Impressionist painter and studied under Degas. He was a cosmopolitan and eccentric who favored ordinary people and urban scenes as his subjects.

Sickert worked under Whistler, as well as Degas, in Whistler’s etching studio. Whistler studied under Marc Gabriel Charles Gleyre. Gleyre’s students included: Claude Monet, Pierre - Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, Louis-Fredric Schutzenberger and Jean- Fredric Basil. Gleyre and Schutzenberger studied under Paul (Hippolyte) Delaroche Delaroche studied under Baron Antoine-Jean Gros Gros studied under Jacques-Louis David

Percy Horton 1897 – 1970

He was born in Brighton, England and attended the School of Art there from 1912-1916. His paintings were considered restrained and traditional, usually landscapes and portraiture. He studied under Sickert and at the Royal College of Art in London from 1922-1924 and taught there from 1930 to 1949. In 1949, Horton was elected Ruskin Master of Drawing at Oxford University and remained in this post until his retirement in 1964.

Philip Morsberger 1933 –

(R.B.Kitaj 1932 – 2007, a classmate of Morsbergers’ who also studied under Horton)

He was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1933 and studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art and Carnegie Institute of Technology. In 1958, he was awarded the Certificate in Fine Art (CFA) from the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art where he studied under Percy Horton. Twelve years after graduating from the Ruskin School, he was called back to Oxford where we served thirteen years as the Ruskin Master of Drawing; the sixth person and only American to hold that Chair. Morsberger’s earlier works were affected by a photorealistic/realistic approach. And his current works are more abstract and integrate the American comic book art tradition, cartoons, and incorporates fluid, painterly color.

Jim Quinn 1952 –

He was born in Rochester, New York and studied under Philip Morsberger at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, at Oxford University from 1971-1974. He graduated CFA (Oxon) in 1974. He also graduated from Nazareth College in Rochester in 2003 with a MSEd in Art Education. His early work was heavily influenced by his Ruskin and classical training and is representational in nature concerning portraiture, landscape and figurative paintings. His current work is an integration of the abstract use of shape and color and the continued use of representational subject matter.

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