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Alvin Ross
(1920-1975)
At the heyday of Abstract Expressionism, Alvin Ross was an anomaly; his
precise, finely-wrought still life paintings, done on a small scale, were
the antithesis of the large, impetuously brushed evocations of the Expressionist
vein rampaging around him.
Ross was a thoughtful artist, an historian as well as a student of art.
His frequent trips abroad confirmed his sense of the past, and his use
of realism in a period dominated by abstraction in art.
Apples On A Chair is vintage Ross: In the monochromatic white setting
of the ripe-red fruit on the chair, the apples become unlikely protagonists
(note how the left-hand apple confronts the pair adjacent to it) in a
kitchen drama that assumes an unexpected poignancy. Ross died at the height
of his powers, and as one of the few artists elected president of the
Provincetown Art Association.
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The Collection of the Provincetown Art Association
and Museum, March 3-13, 2000, The National Arts Club, New York, NY;
Curatorial Notes: Tony Vevers
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