Scott Gentling
American, (1942–2011)
Scott Gentling, a wildlife painter and portraitist, received special recognition in January 2002 with the unveiling of his portrait of President George W. Bush when he was Governor of Texas. This painting is the official gubernatorial portrait of Bush, and President Bush and his wife, Laura, were at the ceremony. Gentling is also a recognized muralist, having designed a mural for the dome of the Bass Performing Hall in Fort Worth. Scott and his twin brother Stuart were born in Rochester, Minnesota, but came to Fort Worth, Texas when they were five years old when their father became the head of the anesthesiology department at Harris Hospital.
The Gentling boys are products of the Fort Worth school system, and both attended Tulane University and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts where they studied under Walter Stuempfig and watercolorist John McCoy. Although highly regarded as independent figurative painters and quick to point out differences in their own special approaches, the two brothers have a unique sense of collaboration and have been creative partners for as long as they or anyone else can remember.
With subject matters ranging from the ancient Aztec capital of Tenochitlan to Native American Indians, they are perhaps most widely recognized for their masterful book, Of Birds and Texas, a boxed portfolio of 50 paintings of birds and landscapes, published in 1986 to universal acclaim.
The Gentling brothers have lectured over the years at the Fort Worth Art Museum, the Amon Carter Museum, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Kimball Museum where they also exhibited their paintings for the Kimball's popular Artist's Eye lecture series.
Source: askArt.
American, (1942–2011)
Scott Gentling, a wildlife painter and portraitist, received special recognition in January 2002 with the unveiling of his portrait of President George W. Bush when he was Governor of Texas. This painting is the official gubernatorial portrait of Bush, and President Bush and his wife, Laura, were at the ceremony. Gentling is also a recognized muralist, having designed a mural for the dome of the Bass Performing Hall in Fort Worth. Scott and his twin brother Stuart were born in Rochester, Minnesota, but came to Fort Worth, Texas when they were five years old when their father became the head of the anesthesiology department at Harris Hospital.
The Gentling boys are products of the Fort Worth school system, and both attended Tulane University and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts where they studied under Walter Stuempfig and watercolorist John McCoy. Although highly regarded as independent figurative painters and quick to point out differences in their own special approaches, the two brothers have a unique sense of collaboration and have been creative partners for as long as they or anyone else can remember.
With subject matters ranging from the ancient Aztec capital of Tenochitlan to Native American Indians, they are perhaps most widely recognized for their masterful book, Of Birds and Texas, a boxed portfolio of 50 paintings of birds and landscapes, published in 1986 to universal acclaim.
The Gentling brothers have lectured over the years at the Fort Worth Art Museum, the Amon Carter Museum, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Kimball Museum where they also exhibited their paintings for the Kimball's popular Artist's Eye lecture series.
Source: askArt.
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