Bryan Wynter
Bryan Wynter (8 September 1915 – 2 February 1975) was an abstract
painter born in London, Great Britian. Despite
his father will to succeed him as the head of the family business, at the age
of 22, Wynter insisted on leaving the firm so he could attend art school. In 1937-38 he attended the Westminster School of Art, and in 1938-40 at the Slade School of Fine Art in Oxford.
Wynter enjoyed observing natural phenomena and kept
notebooks with detailed observation on various subjects. His curiosity about
nature became the base of his work. During the 1950s after years of
experimentation, Wynter’s painting became more abstract. The elements became harder
to distinct and the scenes became harder to identify. His inspirations were
different to those of his fellows in the artistic world. Wynter was interested
in surrealism and was influenced by the English Neo- Romantic movement.
As a response to one of these
paintings, Wynter stated the following: “ I think of my paintings as a source
of imagery, something that generated imagery rather than contains it. Obviously
it is I who have put into them what they contain but I have done so with as
little conscious interference as possible, allowing them at ever stage in their
growth to indicate their own necessities.”
Here Wynter emphasis on the power of paintings and the importance of
having the viewer reflect on personal experience without any outside
interpretation.
These paintings immediately grasped my attention when I was browsing
through various art.
The amount of work and imagination just amazed me and changed the way I think
about abstract painting. I learned about the idea behind abstract work which is the desire to evoke deep unconscious emotions and the importance of being aware of our feelings when observing a painting.
References
Bryan Wynter by Michael Bird 2010
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