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He chaired the painting department at Columbia University from 1964 to 1992. This painting comes from the collection of Emily Mason and Wolf Kahn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA green field — ten by twelve inches of landscape reduced to color and gesture. Goldin painted thick, loaded surfaces. The green here isn't one green. It's six or seven greens worked into each other wet-on-wet. A small painting that carries the weight of the New York School in every brushstroke.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Leon Goldin","offers":[{"title":"10x12 in","offer_id":47860306903178,"sku":null,"price":3850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/6564\/0074\/files\/9e546d61490c5d7f9ecf58000c049dafj.jpg?v=1757793861"},{"product_id":"tahiti_beach","title":"Tahiti Beach — St. Tropez","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Rosenthal (American, b. 1946, California)\u003cbr\u003eTahiti Beach — St. Tropez, 2005\u003cbr\u003eOil on canvas\u003cbr\u003e11 × 8 in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRosenthal studied at CalArts in the 1970s with John Baldessari, Allan Kaprow, and Nam June Paik. He ran Michael Rosenthal Contemporary Art gallery in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the beach in St. Tropez. Rosenthal traveled to France to paint en plein air, and this small canvas carries the Mediterranean light — warm sand, blue water, figures at leisure. Painted on location with the speed that plein air demands. The California Society of Six would have recognized this approach: get the color down while the light holds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Rosenthal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47860310704266,"sku":null,"price":1550.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/6564\/0074\/files\/ce34d68d1cb2bea36ec5f163f730dbbbj.jpg?v=1757793890"},{"product_id":"estes-park-colorado","title":"Estes Park, Colorado","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Rosenthal (American, b. 1946, California)\u003cbr\u003eEstes Park, Colorado, 2005\u003cbr\u003ePainting\u003cbr\u003e14 × 20 in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRosenthal studied at CalArts in the 1970s with John Baldessari, Allan Kaprow, and Nam June Paik. He ran Michael Rosenthal Contemporary Art gallery in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Rocky Mountain town of Estes Park — vermillion, cadmium orange, burnt sienna. Rosenthal paints landscapes the way the Society of Six painted the Bay Area: color first, drawing second. The mountains come through in broad strokes of saturated pigment. 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He ran Michael Rosenthal Contemporary Art gallery in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA tabletop scene — breakfast dishes, coffee, the morning clutter rendered in bold, saturated color with the energy of a pinball machine. Rosenthal pushes still life painting into something louder and more physical than the genre usually allows. Mixed media on panel. The composition is packed and buzzing. 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