Andrew Stevovich ( ; born 1948) is an American

painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

. He is best known for oil paintings and pastels that combine abstract formalities with a figurative narrative. He has also produced

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etching Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be used on other type ...

s, and wood-block prints.

Biography

Stevovich was born in

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in 1948, coming to the United States with his family in 1950. He grew up in

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and graduated from the

Rhode Island School of Design The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD , pronounced "Riz-D") is a private art and design school in Providence, Rhode Island. The school was founded as a coeducational institution in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf, who sought to increase th ...

in 1970. He earned his Masters in Fine Arts from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. His first solo exhibition took place in 1971 at the Alpha Gallery in Boston, Massachusetts. Since 1981, he has been represented by Warren Adelson in New York City, first at the Coe Kerr Gallery and after 1991 at the Adelson Galleries. A retrospective exhibition took place at the

Danforth Museum Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University (formerly Danforth Museum of Art) is a museum and school in Framingham, Massachusetts. It is part of Framingham State University. History The Danforth Museum Corporation was established on Au ...

in Framingham, Massachusetts, in 1999. In 2008–2009, another retrospective, ''The Truth About Lola'', curated by Bartholomew Bland, took place at the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, New York, and traveled to the Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida. Stevovich's work is in numerous public collections, including the

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, the

, the DeCordova Museum, the New Britain Museum of American Art, and the Portland Museum of Art in Maine. Major influences on the development of his work include

Giotto Giotto di Bondone (; – January 8, 1337), known mononymously as Giotto, was an List of Italian painters, Italian painter and architect from Florence during the Late Middle Ages. He worked during the International Gothic, Gothic and Italian Ren ...

Duccio Duccio di Buoninsegna ( , ; – ), commonly known as just Duccio, was an Italian painter active in Siena, Tuscany, in the late 13th and early 14th century. He was hired throughout his life to complete many important works in government and religi ...

Sassetta ''For the village near Livorno, see Sassetta, Tuscany'' Stefano di Giovanni di Consolo, known as il Sassetta (–1450) was a List of Italian painters, Tuscan painter of the Italian Renaissance painting, Renaissance, and a significant figure of th ...

Fra Angelico Fra Angelico, O.P. (; ; born Guido di Pietro; 18 February 1455) was a Dominican friar and Italian Renaissance painter of the Early Renaissance, described by Giorgio Vasari in his ''Lives of the Artists'' as having "a rare and perfect talent" ...

and other early Italian artists, as well as

Paul Gauguin Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (; ; 7 June 1848 – 8 May 1903) was a French painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, and writer, whose work has been primarily associated with the Post-Impressionist and Symbolist movements. He was also an influ ...

and German Expressionists such as

Erich Heckel Erich Heckel (31 July 1883 – 27 January 1970) was a German people, German Painting, painter and printmaker, and a founding member of the group ''Die Brücke'' ("The Bridge") which existed 1905–1913. His work was part of the art competition ...

. His work has been described by John Sacret Young as a "successful fusion of the classicism of the Flemish and Italian Renaissance painters to his contemporary subject matter." The art critic, Carol Diehl wrote:

Obsessed with paring down compositions to their essential elements, Stevovich has a passion for simplicity. At the same time, he's also fascinated by complexity—pattern and repetition—which, by its nature, requires a plethora of shapes or images. His work, therefore, is all about the marriage of these opposites.

Stevovich lives and works in Massachusetts.

''Beasts and Citizens''

In 2000, Stevovich created a series of eight etchings for ''Beasts and Citizens'', a limited edition book of forty

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s by

Jean de La Fontaine Jean de La Fontaine (, ; ; 8 July 162113 April 1695) was a French Fable, fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known above all for his ''La Fontaine's Fables, Fables'', which provided a model for subs ...

, translated from the French by Craig Hill. One hundred and thirty-five copies were printed and bound with the etchings. The images were loosely based on the fables ''Discord'', '' The Lion's Share'', '' The Fox and the Grapes'', ''The Mountain That Labored'', ''The Swallow and the Nightingale'', ''Doctors'', ''The Two Bulls and the Frog'', and ''The Cat Who Became a Woman''.

Selected solo exhibitions

*Adelson Galleries: New York, New York 1992, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2022 *Adelson Galleries Boston: Boston, Massachusetts 2012, 2015, 2018 *Alpha Gallery: Boston, Massachusetts 1971, 1973, 1976, 1978 * Boca Raton Museum of Art: Boca Raton, Florida 2009 *Coe Kerr Gallery: New York, New York 1983, 1985, 1987, 1990 *Clark Gallery, Lincoln, Massachusetts 2007, 2021, 2024 *Danforth Museum of Art: Framingham, Massachusetts 1999, 2007 * Greenville County Museum of Art: Greenville, South Carolina 2020 * Hudson River Museum: Yonkers, New York 2008 – 2009 *Little Center Gallery:

Clark University Clark University is a private research university in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1887 with a large endowment from its namesake Jonas Gilman Clark, a prominent businessman, Clark was one of the first modern research uni ...

, Worcester, Massachusetts 1980 *Mitsukoshi Gallery: Ebisu, Tokyo, Japan 1996 * New Britain Museum of American Art: New Britain, Connecticut 1975 *Pisa Galleries: Tokyo, Japan 1992 *Tatistcheff-Rogers Gallery: Santa Monica, California 1989, 1993 *Terrence Rogers Fine Art: Santa Monica, California 2000 *Virginia Lynch Gallery: Tiverton, Rhode Island 1992, 2002

Publications

Books about Andrew Stevovich

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Selected reviews and texts

* Bergeron, Chris (October 25, 2007)
"Uncomfortably Numb"
''MetroWest Daily News'' (Massachusetts). Retrieved 15 December 2013. * Cohen, Ronny (April 1990). "Andrew Stevovich". ''Artforum'' (New York). * Gardner, James (October 18, 2007)
Dispassionate Perfectionist".
''New York Sun''. Retrieved 15 December 2013. * Garnett, Adrienne (Winter 2008–2009). "Outside, Inside, Future, Then, and Now". ''Art of the Times'' (Florida). * Genocchio, Benjamin (December 19, 2008)

''The New York Times''. Retrieved 15 December 2013. *Kologe, Brian R. (May 1980). "Andrew V. Stevovich". ''Art New England'', vol.1, no. 6. * Nigrosh, Leon (September 10–16, 1999)

''Worcester Phoenix'' (Massachusetts). Retrieved 15 December 2013. * Stapen, Nancy (February 1982). "Andrew Stevovich". ''Art New England'', vol.3, no. 3. * Taylor, Robert (January 10, 1982). "Stevovich Conveys Today's Edginess and Ambiguity". ''The Boston Globe''. * Temin, Christine (October 6, 1999). "Incredible Lightness of Stevovich". ''The Boston Globe''.

References

External links

Stevovich website
Images of paintings, articles and reviews, and exhibition history. Retrieved 15 December 2013.

Retrieved 15 December 2013.
Adelson Galleries New York website.
Retrieved 15 December 2013.
Adelson Galleries Boston website.
Retrieved 15 December 2013. {{DEFAULTSORT:Stevovich, Andrew 1948 births Living people American contemporary painters 20th-century American painters American male painters 21st-century American painters 21st-century American male artists Artists from Massachusetts Rhode Island School of Design alumni Massachusetts College of Art and Design alumni Austrian emigrants to the United States 20th-century American male artists