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Nelson Shanks (1937-2015)

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Realist painter, teacher, connoisseur, collector
1937 - 2015
@leona.shanks founders of @studioincamminati

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Remembering RBG 🎨💙
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Pictured is a progress photo of Nelson’s work on RGB’s portrait, and the final portrait, both from The Four Justices painting at the National Portrait Gallery 🎨 by @nelson.shanks

✨ HOLIDAY SALE! ✨ 25% off Nelson’s largest and most extensive catalog raisonné, the Nelson Shanks State Russian Museum catalog, through to December 24th! With 160 pages in full color you can enjoy, in Nelson’s own words, commentaries on his most iconic paintings and insight into his personal life, as well as the early history of his school, Studio Incamminati.
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✨ Place your orders through the Nelson Shanks website — we’ll do our best to get your orders to you or your loved ones for December 25th ✨🎄✨
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Use the discount code CHRISTMAS23 at checkout ✨ We can’t thank you enough for treasuring Nelson’s life and work the way we do ✨❤️✨ by @nelson.shanks

Detail of “Portrait of H.R.H. Diana, Princess of Wales,” Nelson Shanks, oil on canvas, 64 x 40 inches, 1994. by @nelson.shanks

UNBOXING NELSON SHANKS PAINTINGS | Opening reception TONIGHT, July 10th from 6-8pm | 📍 1705 N American Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122
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We are also so pleased to feature “Tim Short” by one of Nelson’s protégés, @thebobartlett.
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Order of paintings: “Harlequin,” Nelson Shanks; “Paganini Variation,” Nelson Shanks; “Tim Short,” Bo Bartlett. Join us this evening at the free Opening Reception to view other phenomenal works by Studio Incamminati faculty, alumni and Fellows. With the exception of our grandest exhibition pieces, much of the work will be available for sale.
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The exhibition is “Epiphanies in Form,” a pop-up gallery exhibition presented by @studioincamminati and curated by @stephencoghillbush_art and @alexander_shanks 👏 Our greatest thanks to the Scannapieco family for donating this incredible Fishtown space to Incamminati for the summer. by @nelson.shanks

“July 3rd,” Nelson Shanks, oil on canvas, 72x30 inches, 1983 (censored for IG).
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Nelson’s mother, Berniece Scott Shanks, who first instilled in him a great passion for collecting antiques and artistic connoisseurship, died on July 3rd, 1983. In his grief Nelson created a painting that expressed his devastation, right at the time he was fully discovering his soul’s true language: boldly prismatic humanist realism, depicting the figure of the female nude as the highest power. by @nelson.shanks

Details of the “July 3rd,” Nelson Shanks, oil on canvas, 72x30 inches, 1983 (censored for IG).
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Nelson’s mother, Berniece Scott Shanks, who first instilled in him a great passion for collecting antiques and artistic connoisseurship, died on July 3rd, 1983. In his grief Nelson created a painting that expressed his devastation, right at the time he was fully discovering his soul’s true language: boldly prismatic humanist realism, depicting the figure of the female nude as the highest power. by @nelson.shanks

✨ RARE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE NELSON SHANKS PAINTINGS ON DISPLAY ✨
Next Friday in Philadelphia, PA @studioincamminati is holding a free Opening Reception at a pop-up gallery we’ve curated in Fishtown at 1705 N American Street. With works by the transcendent Bo Barlett @thebobartlett, Peter Van Dyck @petervandyck, @nataliejitaliano, @lea_colie_wight, @stephenearly_studio, @stephencoghillbush_art and more gifted realist artists representing Studio Incamminati this is guaranteed to be a truly spectacular event. We are so thankful to all those participating and showing work with us. We are also so pleased to have all four Shanks family artists exhibiting work — and TWO portraits by Nelson Shanks you have probably not seen in person until now.
Save the date and spread the word ✨ by @nelson.shanks

The finished version of Nelson’s Pavarotti portrait, painted in Luciano’s 150 Central Park South apartment…and a few images to follow. Who painted it better? by @nelson.shanks

Nelson’s portrait of dear friend Luciano Pavarotti. 34x34 inches. Painted entirely from life in the early 90s. Lots of pasta and opera behind the scenes.
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The portrait itself is genius, sensitive, wise — and the brilliant and casual confidence in that abstraction of the hands really blows us away! by @nelson.shanks

Pure poetry.
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“Laura’s Theme (A Study in Orange),” Nelson Shanks, oil on canvas, 18 x 24”, 2005. by @nelson.shanks

The close-ups of this study, “Laura’s Theme (A Study in Orange)” are too good.
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One of our favorite things about Nelson’s work is that all of his female subjects are not just passive figures; they are powerhouses captured in what looks like a candid moment. Self-possessed, humorous, sophisticated and brilliant — nothing sparked Nelson’s creativity like a woman on top of the world✨
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Portrait of Laura Childress, Annalisa and Alexander’s first classical piano teacher. “Laura’s Theme (A Study in Orange),” Nelson Shanks, oil on canvas, 18 x 24”, 2005. by @nelson.shanks

“Bellydancer,” Nelson Shanks, oil on canvas, 81 x 51 inches, 2013.

Tag your favorite museum to let them know they need this Nelson Shanks masterpiece in their permanent collection! ✨ by @nelson.shanks