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Things of Nature and the Nature of Things (Paperback)
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Things of Nature and the Nature of Things (Paperback)
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John Wilde (1919-2006) was one of the most notable artists in the
Magic Realist school of painting, garnering attention far beyond
Wisconsin, his native state. Wilde's gift for drawing and painting
diverged from the style of regional artists such as John Steuart
Curry and evolved into an aesthetic characterized by beguiling,
intensely detailed images. He was particularly adept at mixing the
discipline of taxonomy with icons of the subconscious.
Things of nature and the nature of things informed his work for
some seventy years. In painstakingly crafted vignettes of figures
and props and still life arrangements, Wilde served up grand
parables on the existential condition of modern man. These are
timeless and enduring narratives, drawing on traditions from the
northern and early Renaissance periods and Flemish paintings to
Symbolist and Surrealist iconography and strategy. Wilde amasses a
potpourri of sources and motifs and brings them up to the present
moment by setting his compositions in the Wisconsin landscape just
outside his studio door. This catalogue presents a superb overview
of Wilde's oeuvre, including the full palette of still lifes,
allegorical landscapes, and portraits, and covers the period of his
work from the 1940s to recent work from the 1990s.
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