GREAT MASTERS PROGRAM

Since the Renaissance the ability to see and render accurately the visual world has formed the basis for representational art. By the 1800s training to “see” had become virtually a science as demonstrated by the explosion of first rate painters of that era. The primary purpose of the “Masters Program” is to empower the aspiring painter with this essential first skill. Its secondary goal is to provide the basics of the painters craft

This “grammar” of painting is taught in the context of picture making. The apprentice's own work is the forum for inculcating this knowledge through verbal and hands-on critiques.

Demonstrations, discussions and seminars are provided at various times, covering such areas as perspective, anatomy, “the start” of a painting, memory drawing, etc. Also available is a library collection of books containing much of the instructive studio lore of the masters of the past, as well other useful related literature.

For more information email paul.ingbretson@leg.state.nh.us or write 35 South Commercial Street or call 603 625-1221

The “Boston School” Connection

The “Boston School” way of painting seeks to combine the truth of impressionist color with good draughtsmanship, sound composition and skillful paint handling. Its leading exponents included Edmund Tarbell, Frank Benson, William Paxton, Joseph Decamp, Philip Hale and Leslie Thompsom. R.H. Ives Gammell (with whom Ingbretson studied) was a turn-of-the-century Boston Museum School pupil of the first three men and later consulted extensively with Paxton.

ARTIST PAUL INGBRETSON

Studied: Art Students' League of New York (1973-75 Robert Brackman, Robert Beverly Hale, David Leffel, and Daniel Greene

R. H. Ives Gammell Atelier (1976-1980)

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WORK, WORDS AND WEBSITES OF FORMER APPRENTICES

Lindesay Harkness

Jean Lightman

Henry Wingate

Mary Minifie
Mary Minifie
Laura Hazard Clark
Laura Hazard Clark
Lynn Melman
John Peterson

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