Ronnie Landfield, "Garden of Delight", 87x72 inches, acrylic on canvas, 1971. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Ronnie Landfield, "Garden of Delight", 87x72 inches, acrylic on canvas, 1971. Photo courtesy of the artist.
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Ronnie Landfield
Hosted by Will Corwin
Originally aired 10/16/09
Painter Ronnie Landfield provides a first-hand and fascinating account of New York in the sixties, and his education as an artist in the great galleries of the city. Ronnie educates Will on the various schools of painting in New York, post-AbEx, and talks about the group of artists, including Ron Davis, Peter Young, Dan Christensen and himself, who were a part of the Seven Painters show that Landfield curated in the mid-nineties. Ronnie's story is filled with famous and colorful characters, from Philip Johnson and David Whitney, to Hans Hoffman and Fidel Castro (43 minutes).
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