The John Pence Gallery in San Francisco Shows Realist Painter Dean Larsen

Written by Randolph Hodgson Saturday, 15 October 2011 21:24

San Francisco.- The John Pence Gallery in San Francisco is hosting a major solo exhibition of works by Dean Larson until June 3rd. Larsen is a resident of San Francisco with roots on the East Coast, where he has long been associated with the resurgence of the American Realist Movement. He has written books, been extensively featured in numerous art periodicals, and has shown in museums and galleries across the U.S. His solo exhibitions with us have been highly successful. In addition, he participates in all of the gallery's prestigious group and theme shows.

Dean Larson has traveled the world, and is an adventurous artist who thrives on diversity. He enjoys stretching his limits and employing his unique talents to a variety of subjects. He is equally adept with still life, floral, interior, and figurative painting as well as scenes from Europe, the east coast and San Francisco. His brushwork is loose and expressive, giving his figures, objects, and scenes a sense of spontaneity and energy similar to jazz music. Larson's palette is equally exciting, employing intense warm colors complimented by striking greens and blues, which he exaggerates to wonderful effect. Dean Larson's commissioned portraits and paintings can be found in churches, universities, museums, courthouses and corporate collections. Twice he has won the coveted John and Anna Lee Stacey National Award for oil painting. In April 2004 American Artist Magazine and Forbes, Inc., invited Larson and ten other artists to London to paint, visit museums and share ideas. The artists stayed at Old Battersea House, the 17th century Forbes manor house near the Thames. Early in 2005, the Forbes Gallery in New York mounted an exhibition of works created during the visit.


The John Pence Gallery, now in its 33rd year in downtown San Francisco, is one of the premier academic realist galleries in the U.S. Primarily known for its strong stable of living academic realists, the gallery also presents significant works from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The gallery is San Francisco's largest, including more than 8,000 square feet of prime exhibition space. Visitors are welcomed, without pressure, and are encouraged to seek answers to questions about works on view, artists represented, and art in general. The staff is knowledgeable and collector-friendly. Artists who regularly stage one-person exhibitions with John Pence include: Juliette Aristides, William Bartlett, Michael Bergt, Jacob Collins, Tony Curanaj, Donald Demers, Carl Dobsky, Douglas Flynt, Adam Forfang Sarah Lamb, Dean Larson, Kate Lehman, Steven J. Levin, Joseph McGurl, Edward Minoff, Dorothy Morgan, Jacob A. Pfeiffer, Nicholas M. Raynolds, Travis Schlaht, Stock Schlueter, Randall Sexton, Hugh Shurley, Anthony Waichulis, and Will Wilson. In addition to these stand-out artists, the gallery invites the best artists from around the country to present their works in themed group shows, such as: Bay Are Realists, Drawings, Trompe L'Oeil, and Water Street Atelier. The gallery also carries excellent examples of work by earlier American realists and has in its inventory (or recently sold) works by George Henry Boughton, Robert Brackman, Emil Carlsen, John F. Carlson, Frank Herrmann, Ferdinand Kaufmann, John Koch, Otis Oldfield, Walter Launt Palmer, Ferdinand Richardt, Frederick Shafer, Karl Schmidt, John Sloan, Millard Sheets, Joseph Stella, Gardner Symons, Abbott Thayer, Walter Ufer, Edward Vysekel, Marion Wachtel, Harry Wickey, and Harvey Otis Young. Visit the gallery's website at ... http://www.johnpence.com

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