Art Students League of New York on Painting ─ Lessons and Meditations on Mediums, Styles, and Methods

A lushly illustrated, comprehensive guide to painting in all media from the prestigious visual arts education institution Art Students League of New York.

This modern painting guide is a sourcebook for study, teaching, professional practice, and personal enrichment written and edited by league instructor and artist James L. McElhinney in cooperation with the Art Students League of New York, America's signature art school, run by artists for artists. Founded in 1875, the Art Students League of New York has nurtured students like Jackson Pollack and Georgia O'Keefe. Today, more than 2,500 students of all ages, backgrounds, and skill levels study at the League each month. This book invites the reader into the studio classrooms of some the League's most acclaimed and beloved instructors--including Sharon Sprung, Mary Beth McKenzie, and Henry Finkelstein--for lessons on a variety of fundamental topics and approaches in painting. Richly illustrated with artwork from the League's considerable archives, its instructors, and its students, the book will be a source of inspiration and enrichment for painters of all levels.

JAMES L. MCELHINNEY has a BFA from Tyler School of Art and an MFA in painting from Yale University. His teaching career began as an assistant to Bernard Chaet at Yale, followed by appointments at Bowdoin College, Moore College of Art, Skidmore College, East Carolina University, and University of Colorado. He was artist in residence at Harper's Ferry National Historic Site in 1999. He has been visiting associate professor of drawing at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, since 2004 and has taught at the Art Students League of New York since 2005.