2022 06 03Chelsea Classical Studio : Oil painting materials & techniquesSmith library
E V E N T
Salmagundi library talk
Date
June 3, 2022, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Location
Sponsor
Chelsea Classical Studio
Admission
Open to the public; up to 25 people
Eventbrite tickets required
About the Event
There will be an explanation of the history and usage of oils, solvents, mediums, varnishes; followed by a discussion of painting techniques and how to avoid common problems and better understand different ways to use oil painting materials.
About the Speaker
Brandon Soloff is a classically trained painter and portraitist based in New York and Lyon, France. After high school he studied for many years in Europe and the US, before settling in New York (where he was born in 1973). Soloff has exhibited his work at the Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Alan Stone Gallery, Hammer Galleries, Royal Society of Portrait Painters (London), Meredith Long & Company, Copley Society of Boston, Galerie Alexandre Butman (Paris), the Salmagundi Club and others.
Institutions where his portrait work has been commissioned include the Tuck
School of Business at Dartmouth College, Morgan Stanley, Westmont College, KKR (Kohlberg, Kravitz, Roberts & Co.) and others.
He currently teaches at Chelsea Classical Studio and the Art Students League of New York.