Spheres of AbEx - Heather James Fine Art
Spheres of AbEx - Heather James Fine Art Spheres of AbEx - Heather James Fine Art
LYNNE MAPP DREXLER (1928-1999) began her study of art as a child,painting landscapes by the tender age of eight. In the late 1950s, afterattending the College of William and Mary in Virginia, she immersed herselfin Abstract Expressionism, studying with Hans Hofmann in both his NewYork and Provincetown schools. Later, she went on to graduate studyat Hunter College in New York City with Robert Motherwell. In the earlyworks Drexler focused on color and composition, eventually reconcilingher two interests—landscape and abstraction—in her late work of the1980s and 1990s. But it was in the 1950s that she set her foundation—asynthesis of Post-Impressionist landscape painting and Post-war painterlyabstraction. The results are something not familiar to most students ofthe period and her crisp, colorful brushwork allows the artist to sing witha completely original voice. When she lived in New York she regularlyattended concerts at Carnegie Hall where she would make sketcheswhile she was in the audience. Classical music remained an importantpart of her art. Her vibrant surfaces are both complex and painterly butwith a flatness akin to something found in the background of a GustavKlimt work. Drexler lived the last 16 years of her life on Monhegan Islandwith her husband, the painter John Hultberg.Drexler exhibited extensively throughout her life at venues such as TanagerGallery, Esther Robles Gallery and Westerly Gallery. Her work is part of thepermanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Monhegan Museum,Farnsworth Museum, Brooklyn Museum and the Queens Museum amongothers.
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