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Exhibition
September 15, 2017 - October 14, 2017
Under the Influence | Contemporary Artists and the Masters Who Inspire Them
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Artist Panel Discussion – Art History Influencing the Creative Process
September 24, 2017
Artist Panel Discussion - Art History Influencing the Creative Process Thursday, September 28th 6 PM
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Painter and artist Stanley Bielen honors the European heritage of still life painting. Bielen is originally from Poland and in his intimate oils, he places high color blossoms and fruit against velvety lush backgrounds. The intimacy with his subject matter begins in the garden where he grows the blossoms that he arranges in simple groupings and rich brushstrokes. Bielen’s paintings have been compared to the still life’s of Edouard Manet. The works are loose, brushy interpretations of the subject matter rather than attempts at photographic realism. The painter is masterful in capturing dramatic half-light, while employing loose strokes of translucent color from his simple yet seductive palette.” Exhibiting regionally and nationally, Bielen’s work also appears in the collections of the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021 Stanley Bielen: The Artist’s Shelf, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
2008 Stanley Bielen, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 Under the Influence | Contemporary Artists and the Masters Who Inspire Them, Somerville Manning Gallery, Greenville, DE
2017 The Loaded Brush: The Oil Sketch and the Philadelphia School of Painting, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Beck, Bielen & Michaud, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2012 The Aesthetic Moment: The Art of Still Life, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
Selected Awards and Honors
Cecilia Beaux Portrait Prize, Honorable Mention, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Ranger Fund Purchase Prize, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
Fred and Naomi Hazell Faculty Fellowship, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Public Collections
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
CBS Television
Goldman Sachs
Education
1980 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
