Writing
Charles Movalli was a prolific writer on painting. Movalli was a Contributing Editor to American Artist Magazine, for which he wrote over 50 articles. He also edited “How to Paint Successful Seascapes” and “Color in Outdoor Painting” with Roger Curtis, “Gruppe on Painting” and “Brushwork” with Emile Gruppe, and “Painting with Light” with Betty Schlemm. He also wrote the historical Preface to W. M. Hunt’s “On Painting and Drawing.”
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Books
Gruppe on Painting
From the dust jacket: "Vibrant, fresh, immediate! The direct oil painting technique is an intense reaction to nature, a race with time to capture the color, the light and shadow, the design and the spirit of a subject in a few short hours. And now, Emile Gruppe - master of the direct oil painting technique - shows how you can use the broad strokes and lively colors of this spontaneous approach to infuse your own paintings with vitality, vigor, and on-the-spot freshness."
This classic from 1976 edited by Charles Movalli is now out of print, but the good news is that the Movalli estate has secured the publishing rights and we are exploring options for a new edition. For now, used versions are found on Amazon and various other used booksellers.
Articles
How Deep is your Space?
by Charles Movalli
May 28, 2012, Oil Painters of America
At one of my always stimulating dinners with my late friend Zyg Jankowski, he said to me that the first decision a painter has to make about his work is a spacial one: how “deep” do you want to make the picture? John Carlson felt that every foot into nature counted; Ed Whiney had no interest in such realistic depth and recommended a student plan the composition on-site but walk around a corner to paint it. Over the years, I’ve been schizophrenic about the question. Under Emile Gruppe’s tutelage, I naturally followed Carlson’s path. Later, I experimented with a flatter approach , one which, carried to an extreme, can make the subject disappear in a series of flat planes…
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American Artist Magazine articles
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