QFA March Selection: WET
The current selection of works presents our feeling of the coming of spring, in the misty air, in your step through the puddles. Water is the source of all life and there is no limit to its representation in art. This handpicked selection looks at the key life-giving element in nature as captured by Bernard Myers, Issachar Ber Ryback, Maurice Jadot, Juan Navarro Ramón, Anna Staritsky, Adolphe Feder and Ola Abrahamsson.
As both we and nature wake up for the winter slumber, water, in a new and welcome way finds its way into our lives, to germinate, to nurture, to give life. From dew on spears of grass and glossy wet rocks to turbulent, swelled rivers fed by melting snow and austere cold seas.
Featured artists
Bernard Myers
Both abstract and yet recognisably figurative Bernard Myers’s work exceptionally bridges the abstract/figurative divide in mid-20th-century British art. Based in Hammersmith, West London, Myers had a studio overlooking the Themes.
Issachar Ber Ryback
Issachar Ber Ryback was a Jewish-Ukrainian artist. He moved to Paris in 1926, joining the vibrant community of European artists that made the move to Montparnasse in the early-20th century to seek new trajectories in art history.
Maurice Jadot
Maurice Jadot was a Belgian artist working in London from 1952. He was an important artist in the London art scene in the 1950s-60s and one of the founders of 'The Free Artist's Group' which still operates today as FPS 'The Free Painters and Sculptors'.
Juan Navarro Ramón
Juan Navarro Ramón was a Spanish artist born in Altea (Alicante), he spent a lot of time in Paris, Barcelona, Valencia and Madrid before settling in Sitges in 1979.
Anna Staritsky
Anna Staritsky, a Ukrainian artist who lived and worked in Belgium and France is known for her expressive large-scale abstract canvases.
Adolphe Feder
Adolphe Feder was a Jewish-Ukrainian painter and illustrator from Odesa. In his early life he lived in Berlin and Geneva, but finally resided in Paris and enrolled at the Academie Julian in 1908. Feder studied painting and worked closely with Henri Matisse in his studio.
Ola Abrahamsson
Ola Abrahamsson was a Norwegian painter, graphic artist, and author. He is often associated with the Lofot painters.
Further information
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Ola Abrahamsson, Fra Harstad (View of Harstad), 1900-1920. Oil on canvas, 60c64 cm.
Adolphe Feder, Embankment, c. 1910s. Oil on canvas, 92x74 cm.
Bernard Myers, Study for 'Arctic Sea', c. 1950. Oil on board, 50.5x76 cm.
Juan Navarro Ramón, View of Sitges, Spain, 1936. Oil on canvas, 50x61 cm.
Issachar Ryback, Landscape, c. 1930s. Oil on canvas, 50x65 cm.
Anna Staritsky, Distant Unravelling, 1960s. Oil on canvas, 82x130 cm.