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Figurative


Image of The Two Gesso Cans

The Two Gesso Cans
Painting

1999
63 x 51 in. (160.02 x 129.54 cm)

Raimonds Staprans (Riga, Latvia, 1926 - )

Object Type: Painting
Medium and Support: Oil on canvas
Credit Line: Gift of Raimonds Staprans
Accession Number: 2001.34

Exhibition

Full Spectrum: Paintings by Raimonds Staprans, June 25 – October 8, 2017, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento; February 2, 2018 – May 20, 2018, New Wing, First Floor, Gibson Family Gallery and Plaza Gallery, San José Museum of Art.

Raimonds Staprans: Tranqulity and Turbulence, January 22, 2006 - March 19, 2006, Pasadena Museum of California Art.

Inside Out: Selections from the Permanent Collection, November 20, 2004 - July 9, 2006, New Wing, Second Floor, South Metro A and Central Skylight Galleries, San José Museum of Art.

Collection Highlights, November 2, 2002 - September 12, 2004, New Wing, Gibson Family Gallery and Plaza Gallery, First Floor, San José Museum of Art.

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Inside Out: Selections from the Permanent Collection (2004-2006)

Since the 1960s, when American Pop artists were elevating ordinary objects to extraordinary icons, Raimonds Staprans has looked to the everyday things he encounters in his studio for his subject matter.

His prismatic palette has been compared to that of Wayne Thiebaud, but his color combinations are more subdued. This painting shows Staprans at his most elegant, with its subtle harmony of close-hued grays and spare leaks of color at the edges. With restrained brushwork and a minimal composition, he imbues two ordinary paint cans with a venerable presence.


Collection Highlights (2002-2003)

Since the 1960s, Raimonds Staprans has painted the everyday objects he encounters in his studio. With restrained brushwork, he imbues the subject of two ordinary paint cans with stately presence.

Staprans’s prismatic palette has been compared to Wayne Thiebaud’s, but he clearly has developed a distinct sensibility that is more subdued. This painting shows Staprans at his most elegant, with its subtle harmony of close-hued grays.

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  • Image Dimensions: 63 x 51 in. (160.02 x 129.54 cm)

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