Francois Fiedler Foundation circle gathered and was joined by a new generation of artists. Fiedler created a unique style in lyrical abstraction. The only European artist, Francois Fiedler was represented in the exhibition "The Persistence of Pollock” celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jackson Pollock, the titan of Abstract Expressionism. The exhibition was held at the Pollock-Krasner House and Studio, which is the house where Jackson Pollock lived and created the 20th-century abstract expressionism masterpieces, so-called drip painting. “I entered the painting... I felt the dramatic force. The pictorial energy of canvas enchanted me. I felt the full freedom of the
Malaya Sadovaya (painting) Malaya Sadovaya (painting) Malaya Sadovaya Street is a 1979 oil painting by the Russian artist Alexander Semionov, depicting Malaya Sadovaya Street in Leningrad on rainy day of the end of the 1970s. This cityscape was painted in traditions of the Leningrad School of Painting and Soviet figurative painting of late socialist realism with their typical synthesis of realistic and impressionistic traditions to create an image of modernity. The painting is of special importance to the artistic reputation of Alexander Semionov. Created on the apex of his artistic career, five years before his death, it became one of his most famous