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Bo Bartlett, 1955 | Realist / Figurative painter

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Bo Bartlett is an American🎨 Realist painter with a modernist vision. His paintings are within the tradition of American Realism as defined by artists such as Thomas Eakins and Andrew Wyeth.
Like these artists, Bartlett looks at America's land and people to describe the beauty he finds in everyday life. His paintings celebrate the underlying epic nature of the commonplace and the personal significance of the extraordinary.
"Bartlett was educated at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where realist principles must be grasped before modernist ventures are encouraged.


He pushes the boundaries of the realist tradition with his multilayered imagery. Life, death, passage, memory, and confrontation coexist easily in his world.
Family and friends are the cast of characters who appear in his dreamlike narrative works. Although the scenes are set around his childhood home in Georgia, his island summer home in Maine, his home in Pennsylvania or the surroundings of his studio and residence in Washington State, they represent a deeper, mythical concept of the archetypal, universal home" - Tom Butler, excerpt from the book Bo Bartlett, Heartland


Bo Bartlett was born on December 29, 1955 in Columbus, Georgia. At the age of 19 he traveled to Florence, Italy where he studied under Ben Long.
In 1975 he returned to the United states, where he studied at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and then the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He also studied anatomy at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. During his time in Pennsylvania, Bartlett apprenticed under Nelson Shanks.


Bartlett then went on to study liberal arts at the University of Pennsylvania from 1980-1981.
In 1986, Bartlett received a Certificate in Filmmaking from New York University. This led him to embark upon the 5-year process of creating a film in collaboration with Betsy Wyeth on the life and works of her husband, Andrew Wyeth. The film, entitled Snow Hill, began Bartlett's relationship with Wyeth as a lifelong friend.
Bo Bartlett currently lives and paints on an island off the coast of Maine in summer, and in his hometown of Columbus, Georgia in the winter.
His work can be found in private collections, public collections, and galleries throughout the United States.


Awards🎨
  • Pew Fellowships in the Arts
  • Distinguished Alumni Society Brookstone School;
  • Cresson Traveling Scholarship;
  • Ursinus College Distinguished Artist Award🎨;
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Award🎨.




























































Il pittore Americano🎨 Bo Bartlett e' nato il 29 dicembre 1955 a Columbus, in Georgia. All'età di 19 anni si recò a Firenze, Italia, dove ha studiato sotto Ben Long. Nel 1975 è tornato negli Stati Uniti, dove ha studiato presso la University of the Arts di Philadelphia, e poi la Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
Ha inoltre studiato anatomia al Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Durante la sua permanenza in Pennsylvania, Bartlett apprendista sotto Nelson Shanks. Bartlett poi continuato a studiare arti liberali presso l’University of Pennsylvania 1980-1981.

Nel 1986, Bartlett ha ricevuto un Certificate in Filmmaking dalla New York University. Questo lo portò a intraprendere a 5 anni processo di creazione di un film in collaborazione con Betsy Wyeth sulla vita e le opere di suo marito, Andrew Wyeth. Il film, intitolato Snow Hill, ha iniziato rapporti di Bartlett con Wyeth come un mentore artistico e amico di una vita.
Bo Bartlett Attualmente vive e dipinge su un’isola al largo della costa del Maine in estate, e su un’isola nel Puget Sound a Washington durante l’inverno. E ‘sposato con dell’artista Betsy Eby.


E’ un realista americano con una visione modernista. I suoi dipinti sono nella tradizione del Realismo Americano come definito da artisti come Thomas Eakins ed Andrew Wyeth. Come questi artisti, Bartlett guarda terra America e le persone a descrivere la bellezza che trova nella vita di tutti i giorni. I suoi dipinti celebrano la natura sottostante epica del comune e il significato personale dello straordinario.
Bartlett ha studiato presso la Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, in cui i principi realista deve essere colto prima joint modernisti sono incoraggiati. Si spinge oltre i confini della tradizione realista con il suo immaginario multistrato.
La vita, la morte, passaggio, la memoria, e il confronto coesistono facilmente nel suo mondo. Famiglia e amici sono il cast di personaggi che appaiono nelle sue opere narrative oniriche. Anche se le scene sono disposti intorno a casa della sua infanzia in Georgia, la sua residenza estiva isola nel Maine, la sua casa in Pennsylvania o le frazioni del suo studio e di soggiorno nello Stato di Washington, rappresentano una più profonda, il concetto mitico di archetipo, casa universale.