Bosch

Artist:

Peter Paone

(b. 1936)

Bosch

Medium: Etching and aquatint on paper
Date: 1962
Dimensions:
25 1/2 x 18 1/2 in. (64.8 x 47 cm.)
Accession number: 2023.13.7
Curatorial RemarksPeter Paone (b. 1936) greatly admires Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch whose work is filled with symbolism, allegory, and fantastical imagery. The title suggests that the figure presents a likeness of Bosch, yet it is an imaginary portrait by Paone. Instead of adopting the formality characteristics of portraits of artists (or self-portraits) in the sixteenth century, Paone dresses Bosch in a causal sweater.

Peter Paone (b. 1936) is an artist well known to the Brandywine for the exhibition Reality Reassembled: The Halloween Paintings of Peter Paone, which was presented at Brandywine in the fall of 2019. Paone has had a long and successful career working in the figurative tradition, not only in painting and drawing, but also in printmaking, a medium that he has excelled in since he began studying it as a student at John Bartram High School in Philadelphia. Paone established the print department at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where he taught until 2009. Paone’s prints demonstrate his strengths in multimedia and his lifelong approach to storytelling that resonate with viewers through their mysterious but often poignant or dark portrayal.