| André Gisson
(American, 1921 - 2003)
Andre Gisson was born with the name Anders Gittelson and lived
in Westport, Connecticut for most of his life. However, his paintings
reflect his extensive travels and studies in Europe and the Far
East and his desire to appear cosmopolitan in background.
Gisson's landscapes, beach scenes, and portraits were intended
to create a reflective mood of serenity. His still lifes show
Japanese influence in his work, while the French influence
is more pronounced in his landscapes, beach scenes and studies
of the human figure.
Gisson believed that it is the role of the artist to extend
or "explain" perception and feeling and in this way
enlarge the total human vision...."Flowers for me are
a way of feeling certain effects of light and conversely, light
is a means for expressing something very personal about the
way I experience flowers."
"When I begin to paint, certain remembered sensations
come to me and it is these that I translate into visual form
and related subjects. These subjects-- people, the nude, florals,
landscapes, beaches, etc., recur constantly like obsessive
memories. For the most part they are the common universal experiences
of all of us, neither contemporary nor out of an antique past,
but with a sentiment which I hope is recognizable to others
at any time."
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