Jesse Waugh Paintings 2016

Catalogue of Jesse Waugh’s oil paintings for 2016. 


From the Introduction: I feel I made great progress this year in my technique. I’ve been engaging in heavy experimentation with tonal values, and have been able to achieve a verisimilitude which had been lacking in my previous paintings. 

I had the opportunity to study the works of Bellini, Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese, on a recent trip to Venice. Italian Renaissance painting in general is far from photorealistic - except perhaps for Caravaggio. I hope to be able to strike a balance between adequate illusion and personal expression -- all in the service of Pulchrism.

                                                                               - Jesse Waugh, 2016-12-28, Barcelona


Jesse Waugh is an artist who champions Beauty as the purpose of art, according to the tenets of his proprietary art movement - Pulchrism.

His work has been exhibited at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art and at various galleries and venues. His artist monograph has been archived at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate Britain, Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art, Agnes Gund Collection, and others. Jesse Waugh's art manifesto The Pulchrist Manifesto has been recognized as a significant historical art manifesto.

Employing painting and video as his primary media, Jesse Waugh has had his work broadcast on the BBC, National Geographic, and also Peruvian television. His work has been the subject of academic study at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, Brown University in Rhode Island, and Los Angeles City College in Hollywood.

On Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Waugh