"To grasp the quality of the painting . . . is to grasp the quality
of the woman at workan extraordinary vitality; a passionate
explorative nature; an uncompromising devotion to her craft; and a
concept in which intellect and emotion are one of the roles she
plays in shaping and extending the sensual conscious language of
art."Robert Duncan, poet
Thomas W. Leavitt writes, "All of Lilly Fenichel's paintings are
related to nature, even when they are abstract to the point of
being non-objective. And be it cloud forms or structures emerging
from the picture plane, the predominant mood has been serious and
often somber. She appears to have been burdened by her awareness of
nature, exploring its qualities deeply yet warily. Just You Just
Me, Fenichel's newest work, however, is an invitation to celebrate
the most joyous of nature's gifts and of human experience: sensual,
physical love.
"In each canvas she creates an implosion of human anatomical
partsbones, muscles and viscera that cling together through the
irresistible centripetal force of desire creating a compact sphere
of ecstatic writhing. This is not primarily romantic love, filled
with agonizing longing, but erotic sensuality painted with
confidence and enthusiasm."
Born in Vienna, Fenichel fled the Nazi's with her family in
1939, living briefly in England, then moving to Los Angeles where
she studied art at Chouinard Art Institute and City College. At the
California School of Fine Arts (later the San Francisco Art
Institute) as an abstract expressionist, Fenichel later worked with
Elmer Bischoff, Hassel Smith, David Park, and Edward Corbett, who
later became a part of the Taos Moderns group. Fenichel visited
Corbett in Taos, later moved there and became a significant member
of the Taos art community, developing enduring friendships with
artists Bea Mandelman and Louis Ribak.
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