Roger Winter

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Roger Winter
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Winter in his studio, 2024.
Born (1934-08-17) August 17, 1934 (age 90)
Denison, Texas, United States
NationalityAmerican
Education Brooklyn Museum Art School, University of Iowa, University of Texas at Austin
Known forPainting, drawing, collage, sculpture
Movement New Realism, Photorealism
Spouse Jeanette Ragner Winter
ChildrenJonah Winter and Max Winter
Website http://www.rogerwinter.net

Roger Winter (born August 17, 1934) is an American contemporary artist and educator, best known for his landscape paintings of rural Texas and realist depictions of New York City.

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Early life and education

Winter was born August 17, 1934, in Denison, Texas, to itinerant farmers Gordon Fillmore Winter and Etta Mae Winter (née Kennemer), as the youngest of eight children. [1]

In 1952, Winter left Denison to study art at the University of Texas in Austin. He was the first in his large original family to attend college. [2] His professors at UT Austin included Constance Forsyth, Loren Mozley, Robert McDonald Graham, William Lester, and Everett Spruce. [3]

After earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts and serving two years in the U.S. Army, [4] he moved to Iowa City, Iowa to earn an MFA in painting from the University of Iowa. [5]  In 1960, he received a Max Beckmann Memorial Scholarship for study at the Brooklyn Museum School in New York. [6]

Career

Winter moved to Dallas, Texas in 1961, accepting a teaching position at Fort Worth Art Center. [7] During this time, he also served as a studio assistant to Charles T. Williams, who introduced Winter to Jim Love, Roy Fridge, David McManaway, Hal Pauley, Bill Komodore, and Herb Rogalla. These artists all became known regionally, at the time, for their association with the short-lived Dallas Museum of Contemporary Art (DMCA), led by curator Douglas MacAgy, and for their involvement in the art scene surrounding Dallas' Oak Lawn neighborhood. [8]

Between 1963 and 1989, Winter taught at Southern Methodist University's (SMU's) Meadows School of The Arts. [9] [10] Winter also taught painting and drawing for 10 years at the Dallas Museum of Fine Art. [11] [10]

From 1990 to 1996, Winter lived year-round in Frankfort, Maine, and soon became associated with the seasonal artistic community surrounding Penobscot Bay. In Maine, Winter was first introduced to the artist Alex Katz and the documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman through their mutual friend, the painter Neil Welliver. During this time, he also became acquainted with the painter Lois Dodd and the sculptor Anne Arnold. [12] In 2018, Dodd and Winter staged a two-person exhibition at Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas. [13]

In 2012, Winter was the subject of a documentary, Roger Winter and the Line, directed by filmmaker Quin Mathews. [14]

In 2013, Winter served as a consultant to President George W. Bush on the former president's painting practice. [15] Bush has credited Winter for his decision to paint portraits of world leaders, twenty-four of which were later exhibited at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas. [16] [17]

Winter currently shows his work at Tara Downs Gallery in New York, New York. [18]

Work

As a painter, Winter has explored many approaches to balancing illusion and abstraction in his work. [19] Winter's recent work shows the influence of his daily experience of architecture and ongoing construction in New York. [20] His time spent in the minimal landscapes of New Mexico and Iceland has simplified his painted edges and divisions of canvas space. [21] Winter's painterly brushwork and his belief in the importance of luminosity appear to be surviving elements from the past. [22]

Exhibitions

Winter’s work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the following venues: Tara Downs, New York, US (2024); “Upper West Side Plus,” Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, US (2024); “Jazz Set,” Master Gallery, New York, US (2023); “Urban Mix,” Master Gallery, New York, US (2022); “NYC Under Construction: Paintings by Roger Winter,” The National Arts Club, New York, US (2021); “Stories/Collages From Memory: Roger Winter,” Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, US (2020); and “Artist At Work,” Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, US (2019). The artist’s work has been presented in numerous group exhibitions including: “Albritton Collection of Texas Art,” Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, US (2021); “Hip Squares,” The MADI Museum, Dallas, US (2020); Iceland From The Outside, MOMA Towers, New York, US (2020); “one plus one equals three,” Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, US (2019); “LOIS DODD/ROGER WINTER,” Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, US (2018); “The Neighborhood,” Master Gallery, New York, US (2016); “Monumental Works,” Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, US (2014); and “Under The Influence,” The Grace Museum,” Abilene, US (2012). [23]

Between 1984 and 1998, Winter staged five solo exhibitions at the Fischbach Gallery in New York City, a gallery notable for its roster of artists, which also included Katz, Dodd, Arnold, Welliver, and Yvonne Jacquette. [24]

Public Collections

Winter's work has been acquired by a number of prominent public collections in the United States, including the National Arts Club, New York, NY; The Grace Museum, Abilene, TX; Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, TX; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX; El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX; Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME; Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX; Meadows Museum, Dallas, TX; Fred Jones, Jr. Museum of Art, Norman, OK; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX; McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX; and Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME. [25]

Personal life

Winter is married to children's book author and illustrator, Jeanette Ragner Winter. [26]  They currently live and maintain studios in New York City. They have two sons, Jonah and Max. [27] [28]

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  2. ↑ Kalil, Susie (2020). The Art of Roger Winter: Fire and Ice. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. p. 18. ISBN   9781623498641. OCLC   1119742662.
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  4. ↑ Kalil, Susie (2020). The Art of Roger Winter: Fire and Ice. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. pp. 28–29. ISBN   9781623498641.
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  6. ↑ Kalil, Susie (2020). The Art of Roger Winter: Fire and Ice. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. ISBN   9781623498641.
  7. ↑ Kalil, Susie; Winter, Roger (2020). The Art of Roger Winter: Fire and Ice. Sara and John Lindsey series in the arts and humanities. College Station: Texas A&M University Press. p. 53. ISBN   978-1-62349-864-1.
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  9. ↑ Agresta 0, Michael (2020-11-23). "At Age 86, Painter Roger Winter Is Still Reinventing Himself". Texas Monthly. Retrieved 2022-07-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. 1 2 "Roger Winter, renowned Texas artist and mentor to some of the best in the state, is getting his due". Dallas News. 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
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  13. ↑ "Kirk Hopper Fine Art | Dallas | Lois Dodd | Roger Winter". www.kirkhopperfineart.com. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
  14. ↑ Quin Mathews Films Festival (2022-07-29). Roger Winter and the Line . Retrieved 2024-09-20– via YouTube.
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  16. ↑ Bush, George W. (2017). Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief's Tribute to American Warriors. New York: Random House. pp. 13–14. ISBN   978-0-8041-8976-7.
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