HELENE’S FLORIST by
RICHARD ESTES
1971
TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART, OHIO, USA
Artist: Richard Estes
Title: Helene’s Florist
Date: 1971
Style: Photorealism
Genre: Painting
Location: Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, USA
Dimension: 121.9 cm x 182.8 cm
Oil on canvas
Richard Estes’s paintings substantially celebrate the visual complexity of the urban environment, whereas everything evolves, especially in that era. Though there is no living human in this painting, it describes its surroundings.
He used a photograph of Helene’s Florist Shop (back then, it was located on Colombus Avenue at 72nd Street in New York) as his inspiration for his painting. However, much as it may take after the photograph, the painting has qualities not found in photography. Though a traditional film camera captured it, the simultaneous depth of field gave complete clarity at close and far range – it looked the same.
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