©Robert S. Beal Oils on Canvas GALLERY ONE - Works from 1990-2010
'Homage zu Hausner' Oil on Canvas 48 by 36" 2005 and other works
R.S. Beal 'Homage to Hausner' 48 by 36" Oil (Detail)
R.S. Beal 'Ehrerbietung zu Hausner' Oil (Detail) 2005
The great German/Austrian Surrealist 'Rudolf Hausner (b. Vienna, 1914, d. Modling, 1994)'*, well known for his meticulous use of egg tempera-oil and his stone lithographs of 'Adam' and 'The Fools Cap', utilized an intense secondary light that was often stronger than the direct or primary light source and permeated the whole canvas with this secondary light. His articulate use of, often, the most 'acidified' color was generally balanced and harmonized under this intense secondary light.
Here Adam, (Hausner's face), is replaced by the artists own face and 'Walking Man in Jeans' motif, while still using Hausners 'formal structure - a complex 'industrial man', adam II, is in fact 'everyman'. I stopped in the middle of working on an original work, 'Paradise Lost', in order to complete the 'homage to Hausner', who died in 1995. The enlarged detail shows the artists own technique in oil, where the green shirt becomes instead an 'every color' iridescent material, still permeated by Hausners intense Red secondary light, which filters thru the entire canvas. Hausner, himself (not shown) is at the bottom right of the canvas, still juggling his magic spheres . . .
Full View (R.S. Beal - 'Ehrerbietung zu Hausner' Oil 48 by 36" 2005)
R.S. Beal "Study for 'Ehrerbietung zu Hausner" Pencil/charcoal
*To view the full body of works of Rudolf Hausner: 1914-1995 (German/Austrian-Vienna School of Fantastic SurRealism: visit offsite Rudolf Hausner at Gnosis (b.Vienna, Dec 14, 1914 - d. 2/25/95 offsite)
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R.S. Beal 'The Inquisition - The Fool II' (Detail)
Oil 2007 48 by 38" (122 by 97cm)
Robert S. Beal 'Rudolf Revisited 2009' (The Traumatized Child-Adult)
- To turn 'beauty' into ugliness thru deceit and visa-versa - the American way - Hausners Adam becomes HUGO. Hugo made his first appearance in my work around 1988, as a bedeviled child-adult Alfred E. Neuman type, surrounded by the implements of his craft floating about (x-acto knives, pencils, erasers, paint tubes, etc.). Most of that work was lost, stolen or destroyed and essentially were self-portrait genres, (Hugo as Kanishka-early Indian Kushan ruler, Hugo as Nagarjuna - Enlightened India philospher, Hugo pretending to be Buddha, etc..) He appears to be indifferent, non-reactive and detached from all that is going on around him, albeit apparently, as in this work, he is about to be hung.
Oil (Detail) 26 by 22" 2009 (sub-title: HUGO-Adam I)
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R.S. Beal 'The larger Fools Cap' R.S. Beal 'The Infinite Fools cap'
Pencil/charcoal-Study Detail (Oil on Canvas)
23 by 18" 2007 (Detail) 43 by 29"
R.S. Beal 'The Inifinite Fools Cap' Oil 43 by 29" 2007 Full View
R.S. Beal 'The Infinite Fools Cap' Oil (DETAIL-Bottom) 2007
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R.S.Beal 'Tristan and Isold' Oil View Circa: 1990-92
sub-title: 'The Eye of Silence' (59" by 40") - (149cm / 101cm)
For Larger views click on 'View' or on Image. When larger image appears click on large button at bottom right to zoom in. Use browser back to return to site page. All measurements in USA inches - Height first. Conversion to Metric is 1 inch = 2.54 cm. All Work Oil on Canvas unless designated.
R.S. Beal 'La Vegetale Et Conform' Oil 48 by 48" 1993
Gallery One - Oils on Canvas - R.S. Beal
'Paradise Lost' Oil 2005
R.S. Beal 'Paradise Lost' Oil 37 by 60" 2005
- Permanent Collection: Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. -
View enlarged details of 'Paradise Lost' and the original grasaille at Graphics I. View Very Close-up DETAILS of Paradise Lost at: DETAILS-PARADISE LOST (three views).
sub-title: "Mr. Brown takes Tea" (Paradise Lost will be shown at the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center in N.Y. Sept. 27, 2008 to Nov. 2, 2008 for the Grand 'Paradise Lost' Milton 400th Anniversary. Permanent Collection Wah Center, N.Y.. )
As a Surrealist Painter I am completely a-political, which does not neccessitate nor prevent the overtly sub-conscious 'social' sub-stratum material from entering into any specific work. The work 'Paradise Lost' (in process) was the featured frontispeice in Urban Tulsa, Dec. 2005, Arts Weekly, text article by Getchen Collins©Copyright Urban Tulsa 'Delving into the Surreal'.©Urban Tulsa Weekly Dec.2005
© Aquatint Etching
R.S. Beal 'Study for Paradox Lost II' 2007-08
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R.S. Beal 'The Ant-moving Picture Horror Show' 36 by 48" 1991 (View)
sub-title: 'The Di-urinal Ant Farm'
Biomorphics in Oil (Beta-morphs)©
R.S. Beal 'Biomorphic-Beta X1 #122' Oil
16 by 20" 2000
Beta, a colorful small asian-oriental shallow water fish, often imported to the USA for aquarium use, when put in a confined space with another male, will literally, like man, fight until both are either maimed or dead. They are extremely territorial and will entirely destroy each other for a very small section of swimming space. I.e., 'They Bite OFF More than they can CHEW'.
View the many Biomorphic Surrealist works of R.S. Beal located thru-out his sites
Robert S. Beal 'Figure-Ground Reversal'
Oil (14 by 11") 2008 Private Collection
- Classic Figure-Ground reversal as the ground precedes the figure on the left and the figure merges to ground -
R.S. Beal 'Biomorphic #121A-X1' Oil on Canvas (Homage to S. Kors) 2006
- in homage to the great Infrarealist painter Stanislaw Kors . . .' -
R.S. Beal 'Timezones' Oil 10 by 10"
Visit also: R.S. Beal SURREALISM Oneirical and Classical (Limited Edition Prints and Gicleeprints-offsite)
Available as a Giclee Print - Signed/Numbered in Pencil - FullSize and HalfSize. Deposit Required - E-mail
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R.S. Beal BIOMORPHIC Waves 1' Oil 2007
16 by 21"
R.S. Beal 'Portrait of Dean Christianson' Oil 20 by 16" 2005
Private collection
Dean Christianson taught drama in Pacifica, CALIFORNIA and is an Internationally published author. His short stories appear in three languages, and used in textbooks in Denmark, Arabic translations, English, etc..
'Portrait Oil sketchs or studies are either completed works or studies to be later used or incorporated into larger Surrealist paintings.'
René Creval, in L'Esprit contre la raison (1928):
The poet does not put the wild animals to sleep in order to play the tamer, but, the cages wide open, the keys thrown to the winds, he journeys forth, a traveller who thinks not of himself but of the voyage, of dream beaches, forests of hands, soul-endowed animals, all undeniable surreality. - Rene Creval
'to view the graphic study for 'Portrait of Dean Christianson' visit: SURREALISM Oneirical and Classical ('Painting Process Gallery' - bottom page-offsite)' " . . .To be any good, a Surrealist must not only be a master Portraitist, an academician, a landscape painter, an imagist, an anatomist (anatomy), a Still Life painter, a visionary, etc. he must yet still have an ample supply of Imagination left-over to be able to paint the enigmatic 'Poetic Image' in a state of spontaneous inspiration . . . "
R.S. Beal 'Grave Digger with Knaves' Oil 1995-96
Andre Breton (1896-1966) considered the Symbolists and Pre-Raphaelites to be early exemplars of Surrealism
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R.S. Beal is a selected A.S.I. (American Surrealist Initiative) artist, Saginaw Arts Museum, 2008. Refer to publications, awards, shows, bio (offsite). International Surrealist/Visionary BraveDestiny, Selected Artist, N.Y., 2003. John Milton 400th Anniversary, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center; Permanent Collection, Broolyn, N.Y., 2008, selected artist. Hardback publication, ARTBUZZ 2010 Collection, etc.. He is currently a featured participant in the (Keith Wigdors) INTERNATIONAL 2006 Surrealist Exhibit at SurrealismNOW. If you appreciate this R.S. Beal gallery also visit Oils - Still life gallery and Gallery II and Gallery III on this site. (Gallery III depicts 'The Infinite Observator' - The Small Fuehrer series together on one page.). Gallery IV features Oils from 1980
TIPS: If Pages are SLOW to Download, Try Clicking on Single Images LINKS, where available, or move from Page to Page untill All Pages load. R.S. Beal was a participant in the International Surrealist/Visionary BraveDestiny 'Williamsburg Art and Historical Center' (Wah) show, Brooklyn, N.Y., 2003 and has been published in T.W issue #4 UK and in GYPSY Anthologies, USA. etc.. Winner of the National Trellix-fortunecity site design May, 2000). He is a participating artist in the Historical WahCenter 'Miltons Paradise Lost' exhibition 400th Anniversary Milton Birlthday, Sept. 27 to Nov. 2, 2008
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