Structure (right)

2005-06

American, born 1953

Caspar David Friedrich, the ultimate German romantic painter, is cited by this artist as her main source of inspiration, and The Large Enclosure as one of her favorite paintings by him. In her studio, Livingston constructs enclosures of branches, string and wood, and then paints the "grid of architecture" that results. As she states, "These hybrid structures-with both natural and built forms-become the model for my paintings…Translating this information into paint results in a line that is specific and schematic at the same time."

Oil on linen

78 × 106 in. (198.1 × 269.2cm)

Gift of Lyn and Jerry Grinstein

2007.109

Provenance: Purchased by donors from Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, Washington, 2007

Photo: Susan A. Cole

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Fresh Impressionism"
June 19, 2008 - September 21, 2008 (6/19/2008 - 9/21/2008)

Seattle, Washington, Greg Kucera Gallery, 2007

Published ReferencesDarling, Michael et al. "Betty Bowen Award: Thirty Years." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 2009, pp. 66-67, illus. p. 67

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