John Dubrow Explained

John Dubrow (born 1958) is an American painter.[1] [2]

Biography

John Dubrow was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1958.[3] [4] [5] He attended Syracuse University, the Camberwell College of Arts in London, and the San Francisco Art Institute.[1] [3] [4] His early influences include the Bay Area Figurative Movement, especially Richard Diebenkorn, David Park and Bruce McGaw, and the abstract expressionist Julius Hatofsky.[1] [5]

He has painted rooftops in New York City and Jerusalem, and portraits, including William Bailey, Marc Fumaroli and Mark Strand.[1] [2] [6] While painting his portraits, the subjects are allowed to move and talk to him.[1] Instead of a sketchbook, he uses an iPad, then completes his paintings in his studio in New York City.[1]

Since the 1980s, his work has been exhibited at the Lori Bookstein Fine Art, the Salander- O'Reilly Galleries, the Contemporary Realist Gallery in San Francisco, etc.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. [David Yezzi]
  2. Mario Naves, Dubrow Is Highbrow, The New York Observer, May 19, 2008
  3. http://www.johndubrow.com/bio.html Official website biography
  4. http://www.loribooksteinfineart.com/page.php?pt=2&aid=4 Lori Bookstein Fine Art
  5. [James Panero]
  6. Maureen Mullarkey, John Dubrow's Handsome Urban Motifs, The New York Sun, April 24, 2008