Douglas Gorsline
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Douglas W. Gorsline was an American
painter and writer who was
born in Rochester, New York
. He attended Yale School of Art
and the Art Students League of New York
.
He taught at the National Academy of Design
in New York City before moving to France in 1964. He was the first American artist invited to China (1973). His work was exhibited regularly in the United States and in France, Belgium and Germany. He received a great many awards and his works are in several museum, institutional and private collections.
The Gorsline Museum was inaugurated in 1994 at Bussy-le-Grand
, in Côte-d'Or
, France
.
and realism
. He often uses cubist composition as a means of approaching the real. Marcel Duchamp
had a strong effect on him because he joined the idea of movement to the concepts of cubism — as in the Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2
. It is of note that both Gorsline and Duchamp were inspired by the chronophotography
of Étienne-Jules Marey
who in order to fulfill his scientific pursuits invented cameras and methods to decompose movement.
While other schools of art seemed to concentrate on playing with reality in displaced or symbolic ways, Gorsline sought a solution that allowed his subjects their true actuality, their true features — all the more true in that they are seen in a state of movement. Technical and emotional values are joined in each canvas. Meanwhile one can see the expression of a sequential simultaneity, a succession of realities, which coexist, in our lives and in the world in which we live.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
painter and writer who was
born in Rochester, New York
Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...
. He attended Yale School of Art
Yale School of Art
The Yale School of Art is one of twelve constituent schools of Yale University. It is a professional art school, granting only Masters of Fine Arts degrees to those completing studies in graphic design, painting/printmaking, photography, or sculpture....
and the Art Students League of New York
Art Students League of New York
The Art Students League of New York is an art school located on West 57th Street in New York City. The League has historically been known for its broad appeal to both amateurs and professional artists, and has maintained for over 130 years a tradition of offering reasonably priced classes on a...
.
He taught at the National Academy of Design
National Academy of Design
The National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts, founded in New York City as the National Academy of Design – known simply as the "National Academy" – is an honorary association of American artists founded in 1825 by Samuel F. B. Morse, Asher B. Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E...
in New York City before moving to France in 1964. He was the first American artist invited to China (1973). His work was exhibited regularly in the United States and in France, Belgium and Germany. He received a great many awards and his works are in several museum, institutional and private collections.
The Gorsline Museum was inaugurated in 1994 at Bussy-le-Grand
Bussy-le-Grand
Bussy-le-Grand is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.-Population:-Personalities:Jean-Andoche Junot, a general under Napoleon was born in the village...
, in Côte-d'Or
Côte-d'Or
Côte-d'Or is a department in the eastern part of France.- History :Côte-d'Or is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was formed from part of the former province of Burgundy.- Geography :...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Style
Gorsline’s technique and sources derive from certain elements of cubismCubism
Cubism was a 20th century avant-garde art movement, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture...
and realism
Realism (arts)
Realism in the visual arts and literature refers to the general attempt to depict subjects "in accordance with secular, empirical rules", as they are considered to exist in third person objective reality, without embellishment or interpretation...
. He often uses cubist composition as a means of approaching the real. Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Duchamp was a French artist whose work is most often associated with the Dadaist and Surrealist movements. Considered by some to be one of the most important artists of the 20th century, Duchamp's output influenced the development of post-World War I Western art...
had a strong effect on him because he joined the idea of movement to the concepts of cubism — as in the Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2
Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2
-External links:* at the Philadelphia Museum of Art* from Life magazine...
. It is of note that both Gorsline and Duchamp were inspired by the chronophotography
Chronophotography
Chronophotography is an antique photographic technique from the Victorian era , which captures movement in several frames of print. These prints can be subsequently arranged either like animation cels or layered in a single frame...
of Étienne-Jules Marey
Étienne-Jules Marey
Étienne-Jules Marey was a French scientist and chronophotographer.His work was significant in the development of cardiology, physical instrumentation, aviation, cinematography and the science of labor photography...
who in order to fulfill his scientific pursuits invented cameras and methods to decompose movement.
While other schools of art seemed to concentrate on playing with reality in displaced or symbolic ways, Gorsline sought a solution that allowed his subjects their true actuality, their true features — all the more true in that they are seen in a state of movement. Technical and emotional values are joined in each canvas. Meanwhile one can see the expression of a sequential simultaneity, a succession of realities, which coexist, in our lives and in the world in which we live.
Books
- What People Wore: 1,800 Illustrations from Ancient Times to the Early Twentieth Century, ISBN 0-486-28162-0
- The Night Before Christmas, Clement Clarke Moore, ISBN 0-394-83019-9
- The Pioneers, Marie Gorsline, ISBN 0-394-83904-8
- Haunted Bookshop avec Christopher Morley, ISBN 0-7858-1825-1
- Cowboys avec Marie Gorsline, ISBN 0-394-83935-8
- Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers avec Burke Davis, ISBN 0-698-20455-7
- North American Indians, ISBN 0-8085-5150-7
- The Vicksburg Veteran avec F. N. Monjo, ISBN 0-671-65156-0