Robert Jessup Original Oil painting.
Musicians Triptych (14,15,16) , circa 1986
Oil on canvas on 3 separate panels. Panels are also signed on the back.
91 x 55 x 3 in. (231.14 x 139.7 x 7.62 cm.)
Signed; /Monogrammed, "JSSP" Lower Left (panel #1) , Panels 2 and 3 signed "JSSP" Lower Right
Known for his narrative paintings, Robert Jessup has eschewed a representational style in his recent work in order to create ambitious paintings and drawings that aim to reconfigure his world of imagery. Barely decipherable figures navigate a wild and colorful pictorial space that churns with a furious plasticity. the very visceral paint application can range from the most delicate whisperings of a fine brush's touch, to the brutal scrapings and trowelings of the widest knife. Jessup states: "the configurations arise from the battle between the charged forces of the rectangle, the impetuosity of my flailing physical self, and the persistence of my desire to configure in spite of my many doubts and dissatisfactions."
Selected Exhibitions:
Joseph Rickards Gallery, New York, NY
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
Schomburg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Besharat Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Littlejohn Sternau Gallery, New York, NY
Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY
Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM
Jan Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX
1952 Born in Moscow, Idaho
1958 Family moved to Seattle, WA
1970-1971 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1971-1975 University of Washington, Seattle; BA in Art History, BFA in Painting
1976-1978 University of Iowa, Iowa City; MFA in Painting
1980-1981 Artist-in Residence Grant, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM
1981-1982 Lecturer, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1982-1983 Assistant Professor, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
1983-1986 Assistant Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1989-1990 Visiting Adj. Prof. Hartford Art School, Univ. of Hartford, Hartford, CT
1990-1991 Assistant Professor, Hartford Art School, Univ. of Hartford, Hartford, CT
1991-1996 Assistant Prof., School of Visual Arts, University of North Texas, Denton
1997- 2008 Associate Prof., School of Visual Art, University of North Texas, Denton
2009- Professor, College of Visual Arts and Design, University of North Texas, Denton
2013-2014 Faculty Fellow, Institute for the Advancement of the Arts, University of North Texas
Public The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, The University of Texas, Austin
The Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, New Mexico
Corporate
Chemical Bank, New York
HCA, Nashville, TN
Pacific Bell, San Francisco, CA
Reich and Tang, Inc., New York
University of Texas Southwest Medical Center, Dallas, TX
United Bank of Denver, Denver, CO
Taco Bell Corporation, Irvine, CA
AT&T, Chicago, IL
Coca-Cola U.S.A. , Atlanta, GA
Harwood Center, Dallas, TX
Private
Mr. Donald B. Anderson & Ms. Sally Midgette, Roswell, NM
Mr. James Baker, London, UK
Mr. Richard Brown Baker, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Cannold, Rye, NT
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dornbush
Mr. Thomas Grant and Mr. John Ferguson, Dallas
Mr. and Mrs. David Franklin, Dallas
Dr. Theodore Goldstein, Los Angeles, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Graham Gund, Cambridge, MA
Mr. Mark Kaner, Los Angeles, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Keeney, Dallas, TX
Mr. Ford Lacy & Ms. CeCe Smith, Dallas
The Maslow Collection, Wiles-Barre, PA
Mr. and Mrs. Rick Rome, Dallas
Mr. and Mrs. Jerone Siegel, Mamaroneck, NY
Mr. Dennis Sisco & Alexine Lesko, Ridgefield, CT
Ms. Lindsley Swenson, Dallas
Ms. Sarina Tang & Maxwell Enoch, New York
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