Don Hornberger (1921-2006) Listed Artist Original Painting Signed Acrylic Framed

Description: Original acrylic painting by Don Hornberger (1921-2006) of a landscape on acrylic featuring the artist's amazing skyscapes and style. Brandywine School Artist - Chester County, PA Framed, no glass. Outside of frame measures 14.5" x 11". Artwork measures approx. 11.5" x 8.5" US Sales and Shipping. USPS Priority Mailed with tracking number furnished. About the artist: Don Hornberger(1921-2006) One of America's foremost landscape artists, Don Hornberger was as unique and unforgettable as his art. Perhaps best known for his distinctive and recognizable skies, Hornberger was a master of light, movement and atmosphere, and his ability to manipulate acrylics and water on unusual surfaces resulted in dramatically haunting and desolate environments. Although he painted on canvas, slate and masonite, he believed his finest works were the skies he created on the reverse side of mylar, a technique he originated and mastered over many years. According to Artist Accent Magazine, "he painted the sky as no artist has ever painted it and yet, Hornberger skies are familiar to us. We have seen skies like his in nature. "Hornberger's unconventional approach originated from a love of nature that was nurtured as a boy growing up in the bucolic Pennsylvania Dutch country, combined with his natural curiosity about how things worked. He studied the world around him with both an artist's eye for beauty and a scientist's hunger to understand cloud formations and light variations. By the time he was capturing the countryside with his brush, he had mastered a new method for painting skies quickly with large amounts of water--a method he later referred to as "control float." The result was unmistakably Hornberger. In the corner of every Hornberger painting is a mark that many mistake for his signature. In fact, it is the scientific symbol for water--an element that flowed through every Hornberger landscape. Trained at Carnegie Tech and Baltimore Polytechnic as a scientist and mathematician, Hornberger was a pioneering engineer in the early days of the space program. He later worked for DuPont, and was fascinated with the unusual properties of new materials, such as mylar--an interest that he later explored in his art. In 1965, Don Hornberger decided to pursue an artistic life and began painting and showing his work at local art fairs, where his paintings sold quickly." I was amazed. I couldn't paint fast enough to keep up with the demand. I think I was successful...because I was able to talk to people in my paintings," Hornberger explained. He further surmised that his art became part of people's lives, rather than something that simply hung on a wall. Although best known for his landscapes--which were always rendered by memory rather than on location--he also explored seascapes and even early aviation. "I like to paint seascapes that are terrifying... I like land that inspires me to lose myself in the landscape and fills me with awe and fear," Hornberger said. He often spoke of the invincible power of nature and its ability to create an overwhelming sense of desolation. Today, Hornberger's paintings are featured in many museums, including the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, the Pratt Whitney Museum and the William Penn Museum, and are also popular among such collectors as the Rockefellers and Wyeths.

Price: 200 USD

Location: Wilmington, Delaware

End Time: 2024-07-27T22:19:44.000Z

Shipping Cost: 8.5 USD