Artist:
Peter Paone
(b. 1936)
Owl
Primary Title:Owl #2
Medium: Etching and aquatint on paper
Date: 1964
Dimensions:
25 3/4 x 18 7/8 in. (65.4 x 47.9 cm.)
Accession number: 2023.13.16
Curatorial RemarksPeter Paone (b. 1936) frequently includes images of owls in his work, animals that have had complex associations throughout the history of art. In this lighthearted composition, however, the artist focuses on the rather absurd rotundity of the owl, which he describes as “fluff.”
Paone 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.
Paone 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.