Antarctica
Antarctica
Artist
Richard Estes
(born 1932)
Date2007
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions38 x 66 in. (96.5 x 167.6 cm)
Framed: 40 1/4 × 67 7/8 × 2 1/2 in.
Framed: 40 1/4 × 67 7/8 × 2 1/2 in.
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LinePromised Gift to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
On View
Not on viewAlong with several other American painters who emerged together in the 1970s, Estes paints in a style that mimics the precision and light effects of photography. This style, known as Photorealism or Hyperrealism, often focuses on mundane, commonplace subjects—the type of subjects documented by everyday people with point-and-shoot cameras.
In Antarctica—a view seen from a ship—the artist presents an ice-laden landmass and mountains that rise from the sea to meet lacy clouds overhead.
