Arcadia Fine Arts Gallery Online Log / Blog

One thing you may notice walking around the American Wing at the Met, is how prominently fabrics are displayed in portraits.  As many of the posed subjects were visually documenting their opulence, their wardrobe was often key.  Despite the vanity of those subjects, I personally, have always been blown away by how certain painters could describe those fine fabrics found in bows, ribbons, dresses, tapestries, etc…

In “La Juventud,” Michael Klein is breaking down the elements of those regal portraits, and breathing a more poetic and understated life into them with a relaxed pose, accented by the horizontal format and her bare feet.  Note the way he handles the fabric of the figure’s ribbon, as well as the pillow by her feet.  John Singer Sargent could have said it better himself.

Michael Klein, “La Juventud,” Oil on Linen, 30″ x 50″

Only 5 copies left of the Liepke Retrospective and APVM dvd combo for our April Fools promotion–

The first 50 people who respond to this special Facebook offer,
will be able to buy “Liepke: A Retrospective” 300-Page, coffee table book
for a special discounted rate of only $75.00 plus $25 shipping AND a free copy of
Michael Klein’s masterful American Painting Video Magazine DVD Vol. 1
featuring extended profiles on painters Brad Kunkle, Daniel Sprick, and Michael Grimaldi.
The Liepke Retrospective book is normally $125 plus $25 shipping in the US.
FOR THE FIRST 50 PEOPLE who call Arcadia Gallery at 212-965-1387 and order!!!
Get the book AND the DVD………Only an April Fool would pass up this offer. No joke.
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(This offer is only valid within the United States.)

As if being one of the most intense contemporary realist painters around isn’t enough, Michael Klein has taken on another significantly ambitious endeavor.  The American Painting Video Magazine is a quarterly video project that sends Klein around the country interviewing some of the most impressive and accomplished realist painters of our time.

Here is a preview of his interview with Daniel Sprick in Denver, Colorado:
Daniel Sprick Interview

The Spring issue came out in April, and the Summer issue just became available. For $10 a download, each issue clocks in around 2 hours and is full of very in-depth interviews. The videos can be downloaded at the official site:
www.americanpaintingvideomagazine.com