Ellen Altfest
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Ellen Altfest is a realist painter based in New York. She paints still lifes and male figures from life in painstaking detail. Her work is noted for its precision and trompe l'oeil
accuracy. Influences include Albrecht Dürer
’s The Large Turf http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/durer/large-turf.jpg, Jackson Pollock
, and Lucien Freud.
She graduated from Cornell University
with a BFA in Painting and a BA in English, an MFA in Painting from Yale
, and studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
Altfest is represented by White Cube
in London. In 2007 White Cube
held a solo exhibition of her work which included the first extensive series of paintings of men. A monograph was released on the occasion of her exhibition at White Cube. Her work has featured in several prominent exhibitions, including "USA Today", curated from the Saatchi Collection, at the Royal Academy
in London and "The Leg" at the Chinati Foundation
in Marfa, Texas in 2010.
Trompe l'oeil
Trompe-l'œil, which can also be spelled without the hyphen in English as trompe l'oeil, is an art technique involving extremely realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects appear in three dimensions.-History in painting:Although the phrase has its origin in...
accuracy. Influences include Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer was a German painter, printmaker, engraver, mathematician, and theorist from Nuremberg. His prints established his reputation across Europe when he was still in his twenties, and he has been conventionally regarded as the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance ever since...
’s The Large Turf http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/durer/large-turf.jpg, Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock
Paul Jackson Pollock , known as Jackson Pollock, was an influential American painter and a major figure in the abstract expressionist movement. During his lifetime, Pollock enjoyed considerable fame and notoriety. He was regarded as a mostly reclusive artist. He had a volatile personality, and...
, and Lucien Freud.
She graduated from Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
with a BFA in Painting and a BA in English, an MFA in Painting from Yale
YALE
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, and studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
Altfest is represented by White Cube
White Cube
White Cube is a contemporary art gallery designed by MRJ Rundell & Associates in Hoxton Square in the East End of London Mason's Yard, in central London and White Cube Bermondsey in South East London...
in London. In 2007 White Cube
White Cube
White Cube is a contemporary art gallery designed by MRJ Rundell & Associates in Hoxton Square in the East End of London Mason's Yard, in central London and White Cube Bermondsey in South East London...
held a solo exhibition of her work which included the first extensive series of paintings of men. A monograph was released on the occasion of her exhibition at White Cube. Her work has featured in several prominent exhibitions, including "USA Today", curated from the Saatchi Collection, at the Royal Academy
Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...
in London and "The Leg" at the Chinati Foundation
Chinati Foundation
The Chinati Foundation/La Fundación Chinati is a contemporary art museum located in Marfa, Texas and based upon the ideas of its founder, artist Donald Judd.- Mission :...
in Marfa, Texas in 2010.