Eric Fischl
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Born: 1948

Hometown: New York, NY

Lives and Works: Sag Harbor, NY

Education: BFA, California Institute for the Arts, 1972

Eric Fischl Bio

About The Artist

A prolific and productive painter, photographer, and sculptor since 1979, Fischl is one of the most influential artists of our time. Drawing comparisons with Goya, Picasso, and Degas, Fischl's legendary contributions to the art world will survive the ages.

He first gained the art world's attention in the late 1970s for his depictions of the dark side of suburban life. Fischl's paintings from that time dealt with issues of early sexuality and voyeurism, while his most recent large-scale canvases focus on the tradition of bull fighting. Despite the diversity of subject matter, Fischl's work is consistent in its exploration of human relationships. Married to artist April Gornik, Fischl is a senior critic at the New York Academy of Art and a fellow at both the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Eric Fischl Gallery Art

Galleries

Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY

Eric Fischl Permanent Collections

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ICA London, London, England
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Musée National D'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Neue Galerie, Aachen, Germany
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY