Clintel Steed Oil Painting on Canvas "Female Nude"
Item Details
An oil painting on canvas titled Female Nude by listed artist Clintel Steed (New York, b. 1977), created in 2004. Painted on two stretched canvases affixed together, this large abstract composition features a frontal view of a nude female figure seated in an orange and red chair. The work is portrayed with vibrant colors, rough textural impasto, and thick expressionistic brushstrokes. It is signed and dated to the verso. The composition remains unframed.
Clintel Steed grew up in a predominantly African American and Pentecostal community, this is an evident influence to his paintings. His work is a personal dialogue with African American culture, contemporary politics, and the Biblical struggle between good and evil. Much of his work is rendered in a thick impasto technique featuring expressionistic brushstrokes loosely applied throughout his compositions. He acquired his formal artistic training at the Art Institute of Chicago receiving a BFA in 1999 and his MFA from Indiana University in 2001. During his artistic career, he presented his work in multiple locations including the Indiana University Art Museum, New York Studio School and the National Academy of Design, among others.
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Condition
- minor scratches and spots of paint loss scattered throughout composition; some chips in heavily impastoed areas.
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Item #
17MOR063-074
