Bennett-Schmidt Higher Aim of Art Lecture- Sam Knecht "The Strange Case of Ernesta by Cecilia Beaux" скачать в хорошем качестве

Bennett-Schmidt Higher Aim of Art Lecture- Sam Knecht "The Strange Case of Ernesta by Cecilia Beaux"

About Sam Knecht Sam is Emeritus Professor of Art, Hillsdale College, where he taught continuously for over four decades. He taught a variety of painting, drawing, and art history courses in addition to chairing the Department of Art. Among his most talented painting students was Nellie O’Leary, now teaching for Studio Incamminati. When Nell was a rising junior at Hillsdale College, Sam recommended she try the summer program offered at Incamminati. The rest is history. Elsewhere Knecht taught at Kendall College of Art and Design; the School of Art, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and Spring Arbor University. He initiated an observational drawing course in a program in Florence, Italy co-hosted by the Universities of Michigan and Wisconsin and Sarah Lawrence College (1985). For inspiration Knecht has looked to American artists dedicated to the great figurative and landscape traditions. His short list includes the Wyeths, Sargent, and Hopper. He works variously in oils, egg tempera, and watercolor. His portraits have earned awards in Members Only competitions hosted by the Portrait Society of America (e.g. First Place Watercolor, 2009). He has done official portraits of two Michigan Supreme Court Justices, two university presidents, among other civic or business leaders. In addition, he has painted many non-commissioned “character” portraits. Sam painted landscapes on location long before “plein air” became popular. He has taken his equipment to wilderness regions of northern Michigan, Ontario, throughout the Midwest, and many trips to Italy. In 2016 he was an Artist in Residence in Michigan’s Porcupine Mountains Wilderness Park. Publications include articles in American Artist magazine (1981); American Artist Studios magazine (2010); and International Artist magazine (2010). Sam is married to Dr. Melissa Knecht (Professor of Music, Hillsdale College). They and daughters Lydia and Katherine enjoy life in their 1860s Gothic Revival home in Hillsdale, Michigan. Website: www.knechtstudio.com