Fairfield Porter (June 10, 1907 – September 18, 1975) was an American painter and art critic. He was the fourth of five children of James Porter, an architect, and Ruth Furness Porter, a poet from a literary family. He was the brother of photographer Eliot Porter and the brother-in-law of federal Reclamation Commissioner Michael W. Straus.
While a student at Harvard, Porter majored in fine arts; he continued his studies at the Art Students' League when he moved to New York City in 1928. His studies at the Art Students' League predisposed him to produce socially relevant art and, although the subjects would change, he continued to produce realist work for the rest of his career. He would be criticized and revered for continuing his representational style in the midst of the Abstract Expressionist movement.
His subjects were primarily landscapes, domestic interiors and portraits of family, friends and fellow artists, many of them affiliated with the New York School of writers, including John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, and James Schuyler. Many of his paintings were set in or around the family summer house on Great Spruce Head Island, Maine and the family home at 49 South Main Street, Southampton, New York.
His painterly vision, which encompassed a fascination with nature and the ability to reveal extraordinariness in ordinary life, was heavily indebted to the French painters Pierre Bonnard and Édouard Vuillard. John Ashbery wrote of him: "Characteristically, [Porter] tended to prefer the late woolly Vuillards to the early ones everyone likes".
Porter said once, "When I paint, I think that what would satisfy me is to express what Bonnard said Renoir told him: 'make everything more beautiful.'"
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Fairfield Porter (June 10, 1907 – September 18, 1975) was an American painter and art critic. [1] He was the fourth of five children of James Porter, an architect, and Ruth Furness Porter, a poet from a literary family. [ 2 ]
Fairfield Porter (June 10, 1907 – September 18, 1975) was an American painter and art critic. He was the fourth of five children of James Porter, an architect, and Ruth Furness Porter, a poet from a literary family.
The American Fairfield Porter was one of the foremost practitioners of representational painting producing portraits, domestic scenes, and landscapes.
Fairfield Porter (born June 10, 1907, Winnetka, Ill., U.S.—died Sept. 18, 1975, Southampton, N.Y.) was an American painter, printmaker, and writer best known for his naturalistic painting as well as his sophisticated writing on a variety of subjects.
Jul 5, 2024 · Fairfield Porter was an influential American painter and art critic known for his realistic landscapes, interiors, and portraits. He was a key figure in mid-20th-century representational painting, successfully merging elements of realism with modernist influences.
Mar 9, 2021 · The Realist artist Fairfield Porter painted subdued and traditional works at a time when abstract art was pushed to the forefront, making him a paradoxically subversive artist.
Fairfield Porter was an American artist who produced representational paintings during the heyday of Abstract Expressionism. View Fairfield Porter’s 746 artworks on artnet. Find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
Born in Winnetka, Illinois, Fairfield Porter grew up in a family that placed great value on the importance of the arts. From a young age he traveled with his family on vacations to Europe, where paintings by Leonardo, Titian, Veronese, and Turner made a huge impression on him.
Fairfield Porter (June 10, 1907 – September 18, 1975) was an American painter and art critic. He was the fourth of five children of James Porter, an architect, and Ruth Furness Porter, a poet from a literary family.
Fairfield Porter (1907-1975) was a brilliant and complicated man who was deeply engaged with the most vital artistic and philosophical debates of his era. These debates echoed throughout his criticism and were essential to the development of his art.
