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Photo Credit: John Schweikert

Artist
Jorge Fick (Primary)
Title

The Glade

Date
1955
Century
20th century
Medium & Support
Dry pigment in oil on canvas
Dimensions
Canvas: 40 1/4 x 35 in. , Frame: 41 x 35 3/4 in.
Object Type
Paintings
Credit Line
Black Mountain College Collection, gift of Eric Firestone
Accession Number
2015.24
Copyright
In Copyright
© Estate of Jorge Fick
Description

White background and vertical paint lines of various colors.

Label History

In 1955 Fick became one of the few students to receive an official degree from Black Mountain College, attending from 1952 to 1955. This work dates to his last year at the college and was created either during or immediately following his time there. Fick moved to New York City after graduating, interacting regularly with his college mentor Franz Kline, as well as such artists as Philip Guston, Willem de Kooning, and Jackson Pollock. Fick was introduced to Abstract Expressionism at Black Mountain College, and his connections in New York City strengthened his explorations. He eventually settled in Taos, NM. Though different from his later more graphic, simplified style, his interest in both nature and abstraction are already fully present in The Glade, with colorful brushstrokes intimating a fallen tree in a clearing in the woods.

Exhibition Title: Asheville Art Museum: An Introduction to the Collection
Label Date: 2021
Type: Catalogue Entry
Written by: Hilary Schroeder

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