Loren MacIver,
Porte Bonheur
, 1980, oil on canvas, 21 3/4 x 18 inches
The gallery is pleased to present the exhibition
Loren MacIver: Poetic Vision
, a survey of fourteen paintings and selected drawings from the 1930s to 80s that reveals Loren MacIver’s (American, 1909 – 1998) unique sensibility to observe and capture the poetic spirit of the everyday objects and environments that engaged and inspired her.
From her West Village home and studio on Perry Street to the extended time she spent in Paris in the 1960s, MacIver looked to her everyday surroundings for inspiration. Subjects included subway lights, votive candles, a clawfoot tub in a window, flowers, trees, studio interiors and the landscape. Her style has been described as a lyrical semi-abstraction based on observation and infused with light, softness and mystery – where oil paint is handled with the discretion of pastel and everyday life is transmuted into the emblematic.
MacIver's paintings were included in the groundbreaking 1946 MoMA exhibition
Fourteen Americans.
In 1962 MacIver represented the United States in the XXXI Venice Biennale. Her work is in the permanent collections of most major museums in the country.
