Lennart Anderson during an outdoor critique on campus in Skowhegan, Maine, 1967.
Courtesy of Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture.

This is a transcription of a lecture that was given at the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in 1965, an artist's residency program in Skowhegan, Maine (www.skowheganart.org). It is part of an Archive of lectures recorded from 1952 to the present, which are available in audio form on CD at this institution. It is important to note that most of these lectures incorporated visuals, which are not available at this time. Anderson was a faculty artist at Skowhegan in 1965 and 1967.

Painter Lennart Anderson shows a chronological selection of his paintings, drawings and pastels, and comments on his evolving interests in style, color, and subject matter. Anderson also addresses certain recurring themes and figures and the artists who have influenced him at different points in his career.

Painting Perceptions presents a video slide talk with
Lennart Anderson
at the Jerusalem Studio School's summer program
Certosa di Pontignano - Siena, Italy, 2010
Introduction by Israel Hershberg, Founder, Jerusalem Studio School

 

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Quotes from from Lennart Anderson in 2002,
Distinguished Professor at Brooklyn College

 

“Painting the head is like packing a box of oranges.”

“Spring from the points.”

“Ask yourself: how much more?”

“Modify, don’t erase!”

“Proportion is not a process of addition, but division.”

 “Hurry up and make mistakes!”