ARTIST: Philip Geiger (Colorado, Virginia, Florida, born 1956)
NAME: Cityscape - Rain
YEAR: 1989
MEDIUM: oil on board
CONDITION: Minor paint loss in lower right corner. No visible inpaint under UV light.
SIGHT SIZE: 24 x 18 inches / 60 x 45 cm
FRAME SIZE: 28 x 22 inches / 71 x 55 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
PROVENANCE: Kinzelman Art Consulting, Houston TX (has gallery label on verso)
CATEGORY: antique vintage painting
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SKU#: 120888
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BIOGRAPHY:
Philip Geiger was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1956. BFA Washington University, St.Louis. MFA Yale University. He has taught at the University of Virginia for 30 years. He is married to the painter Elizabeth Geiger, and resides in Charlottesville VA.Philip geiger has been an art professor at the university of virginia for over 30 years. Geiger's lustrous light, loose brushwork and subtle color tellingly capture the nuances of mood and feeling that make up the more peaceful moments of contemporary family life. Geiger eschews a specific narrative in his paintings, challenging viewers to meditate on our society's daily rituals and settings, and the meanings which may underlie seemingly mundane moments. His work has been reviewed in the new york times, art in america, artnews, and the new criterion.