The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Art

As active realist painters both Harvey Dinnerstein and Burton Silverman have maintained a very close personal relationship since their student days at the High School of Music and Art in New York City. Working within an idiom that allowed them to study types drawn from life both painters have shared their ideas with each other, developing a close bond that continues until today. Through examination of their works Dr. Weisberg will elucidate their painting traditions, comment on the ties that bind them together and reveal how they both have created unique bodies of work that have been in opposition to the abstractions of the modern era.

Dr. Gabriel P. Weisberg is a professor of Art History at the University of Minnesota and has published extensively on French nineteenth and early twentieth- century art. He recently was guest curator for the exhibition Illusions of Reality: Naturalist Painting, Photograpy, Cinema, 1875-1918 which was organized and held at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam in October of 2010. During the same time, Professor Weisberg had been examining the continuation of realist painting into contemporary times, assessing the contributions of many pioneers in maintaining realism as a viable alternative which culminated in a lengthy essay on the work of Harvey Dinnerstein, a book on Harvey Dinnerstein's career which was published by Chronicle Books, San Francisco. Most recently, Dr. Weisberg wrote an essay for The Atelier's publication On the Training of Painters: The Atelier's Past and Present an exhibition catalogue that was published by The Atelier. A catalogue on the works of Burton Silverman and the book on Harvey Dinnerstein will be for sale at the lecture as well as the catalogue On the Training of Painters: The Atelier's Past and Present.

Includes 5-hour painting demonstration, and 12-hours hands-on painting workshop.
Students must sign up and prepay in advance as seating is limited.

Steven J. Levin will demonstrate how he paints a portrait from a live model using the direct painting method. This three day workshop will consist of a drawing demo the first morning, and a lay-in demo the second morning. Students will follow the same procedure on their own work in the afternoons, first drawing with charcoal directly onto the toned canvas, then painting with direct color over the drawing. A materials list will be supplied after sign-up is complete. Maximum 10 students.

Steven J. Levin attended Atelier LeSueur from 1983- 1988, followed by a year of study with Richard Lack in his imaginative painting program. Levin has exhibited widely and been featured in prestigious group shows in San Francisco, New York, and Chicago as well as the Oglethorpe Museum in Atlanta, GA, and the Arnot Art Museum in New York. He has been featured on the cover of American Artist Magazine as well as The Artist's Magazine and has also been the recipient of numerous awards and prizes. He is represented by the John Pence Gallery of San Francisco, and Tree's Place Gallery on Cape Cod.

$325 for entire workshop, limit 10.
$125 for painting demonstation only, limit 40.