Jeremiah Garcia
Eric Fischl
PainterKnown for:
figurative narrative painting of American suburban life
Education:
California Institute of the Arts (BFA, 1972)
Eric Fischl emerged in the early 1980s as the central figure of a return to figurative narrative painting in New York, producing large canvases of suburban American life - backyard parties, beach scenes, bedrooms - in which the formal conventions of bourgeois realism contain scenes of barely suppressed psychological and sexual tension. His Sleepwalker (1979), depicting a naked boy in a wading pool, generated controversy when it was shown. He has also worked extensively as a sculptor.
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Discovered oil painting on glassine paper soaked in linseed oil; the slick surface let him erase mistakes freely and work at speed
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Oil paint — pigment suspended in a drying oil, typically linseed — has been the dominant painting medium since the fifteenth century. It dries slowly, allowing extended blending, and produces a rich, luminous surface. Available from dozens of manufacturers at student through professional grades.
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Last updated March 20, 2026
