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fairfield porter (1907 – 1975)
Fairfield Porter (1907-1975) was a pivotal American painter known for his luminous realist scenes of domestic life, landscapes & portraits. Influenced by Bonnard, he bridged abstraction & figuration, offering a unique vision of postwar America.
Parrish Art Museum (Water Mill, United States of America)
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In 1949, Fairfield Porter relocated from New York City to Southampton on Long Island, with his wife, the distinguished poet Anne Channing Porter, and their children. During summers in Maine, Porter painted out-of-doors, but in Southampton, the outside world depicted is often the one glimpsed from the interior of his studio. A stone
About this artwork
- Title: Laurence Typing
- Artist: fairfield porter
- Year: 1952
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: Parrish Art Museum
- Corpus context: domestic life themes , influenced by bonnard
- Color palette: Dark
- Main color: Driftwood
- Purpose: Mood
Quick Facts
- Artist: Fairfield Porter
- Artistic style: Realism and Impressionism
- Subject or theme: A young man typing in a living room
- Title: Laurence Typing
- Year: 1952