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Joseph Sweeney
Philadelphia Skyline, Schuylkill River Plein Air Urban Landscape Panorama
1982-83

Price:$1,275

$1,500List Price

About the Item

Beautiful plein air urban landscape painting of the Philadelphia skyline on a beautiful sunny day, by Joseph F. (Joe) Sweeney (American, b.1950), 1982-1983. The clear, bright blue sky is mirrored by the blue waters of Philadelphia's Schuylkill River below. The city skyline stretches the length of the horizon, showing a gorgeous impressionist panorama of the city on the water. Signed and dated "J. Sweeney 1983" lower right. Signed, dated, and titled "Wed. Oct 27 1982 / After 12 PM / Joseph Sweeney" on verso. Displayed in a wood slat frame. Image size: 9.5"H x 26.25"W. Born in Philadelphia, February 9, 1950, in the Delaware Valley, Sweeney began to study art seriously after serving two years in the navy in the North Atlantic. With the money from the G.I. Bill he attended the Philadelphia College of Art from 1972 to 1976. He was moved to paint landscape after watching the land he grew up on go from rural farms to suburban sprawl in the space of 10 years. Joseph Sweeney graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing from the Philadelphia College of Art (now the University of the Arts), Class of 1976. He studied with and was influenced by: Isa Barnett, Sandy Ceaser, David Kettner, Boris Putterman, Gerry Herdman, Jack Andrews, Ray Spiller, Morris Schulman, Warren Rorher, David Fertig, Jane Piper, Sidney Goodman, and Lily Yeh. He has a Masters Degree from Penn State University, 1980, Art & Architecture, and studied with Bruce Shobaken, Diane Pepe and Peter Jogo. A landscape painter living in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, he has taught and is currently teaching classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, The University of the Arts, Wayne Art Center, Woodmere Art Museum, Cabrini College and Chester Springs Studio. His geographic ranges for his paintings are from the farmland of interior Pennsylvania, to the shores of the Delaware and Schuylkill River Valley, to the southern tip of New Jersey. He was Awarded Best of Show at 'Images '98' Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts July 1998 and Best of Show for The Philadelphia Water Color Club 98th Anniversary International exhibition of Works on Paper. Following is a quote from the Water Color Club exhibition reviewer, Fred B. Adelson, of The New York Times, Sunday, October 19, 1998: "The award for best of show was given to a truly exquisite pastel, Jack's Mountain, by Joseph Sweeney. This picture of farmland in central Pennsylvania is a panoramic view (more than four feet wide) capturing the natural effect of early-morning light. Mr. Sweeney's carefully observed cloud-filled sky recalls those by' Constable in-his 19th-century English landscapes. The richly colored strokes of greens and blues with subtle touches of yellow appear as smooth as Bassett's ice cream. Sweeney founded the Pennsylvania Center for Landscape Painting in Belleville, Pennsylvania, three and a half hours northwest of Philadelphia. Classes consist of weekend or week long stay at Hameau Farm for painting the Pennsylvania landscape outdoors. A primary purpose of the Center is to promote environmental education through the collaboration of the arts and sciences. From November, 2001 to January 30, 2002, Sweeney and other artists in the Center for Landscape Painting were featured at the Susquehanna Art Museum in an exhibition titled Scapes and Scrapes: Peaceful Pennsylvania Landscapes and the Best of Woodturning from Around the World. As the founder of the movement, Sweeney was a special lecturer at the exhibition. PERIODICALS Nancy Bea Miller, "An Artist Changes Mediums", Fine Art Connoisseur, May/June 2011 M.S. Doherty, "Capturing Fleeting Scenes in Pastel", Plein Air Magazine, Summer 2011 Cover and article in American Artist Magazine, 2000 and 1984 SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2013 Joseph Sweeney, New Work, Bermuda, Masterworks Museum, Paget, Bermuda 2010 Plein Air Paintings, Carbon County Cultural Project, Jim Thorpe PA GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2013 First Annual Large Format Art Show Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA 150th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings Ph. Sketch Club Philadelphia, PA 2012 Salmagundi Club, Mood Indigo, New York, NY 2011 147th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings Ph. Sketch Club , PA (Award for Best Landscape) 2010 Plein Air for Camphill, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Surviving Ourselves: Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA 147th Annual Exhibition of Works on Paper Phila.Sketch Club Philadelphia, PA (Second Place Award) 2008 Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2008, State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA 2007 "The Pennsylvania Landscape: Colonial to Contemporary", Haverford College, The Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, March 7-April 1. 2005 "Old School, New School, No School". Carbon County Cultural Project. Jim Thorpe PA., 142nd Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings The Philadelphia Sketch Club Philadelphia, PA Craft Forms, Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA Works on Paper Show, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA 2004 Works on Paper Show, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA "Art of the State": Pennsylvania '04 Juried Exhibition, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA Faculty Exhibition Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA 2003 The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. 106th Annual Exhibition Chester Springs, PA The Unbroken Circle, Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA 2002 Works on Paper Show, Philadelphia Sketch Club, (Best in Show), Philadelphia, PA Fellowship of Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. 105th Annual Exhibition Catherine Gibbons Granger Award for Landscape, Chester Springs, PA The Gamble Mill Show , Bellefonte, PA Landscapes-Mindscapes Exhibition, LBI Foundation, Long Beach Island, NJ 139th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, The Irish Coast, Philadelphia, PA 2000 Exhibition titled "Philadelphia: A Crossroads for American Art, 1750-2000" in The Union Club of New York, and Debra Force Fine Art, Exhibit 1998 98th Anniversary International Exhibition of Works on Paper, Philadelphia Water Color Club in Atlantic City, New Jersey; Krasdale Gallery, New York, "Best of Show." "Images '98" Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, state College, PA, "Best of Show." 1996 Wayne Art Center Juried Exhibition, Wayne PA. "Best of Show." 1986 Sechuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongging, China; Printmaking East/West Exchange, Tianjun, China.

Creator:
Joseph Sweeney (1950, American)
Creation Year:
1982-83
Dimensions:
Height: 10.5 in (26.67 cm)Width: 27 in (68.58 cm)Depth: 1.25 in (3.18 cm)
Medium:
Wood,Oil
Movement & Style:
American Impressionist
Period:
1980-1989
Condition:
Professionally cleaned & UV resistant varnished. Some scratches on frame (minimized, but frame is included "as-is"). New hanging hardware included.
Gallery Location:
Soquel, CA
Reference Number:
Seller: JT-74811stDibs: LU5429441242

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