Tory Folliard Gallery in Milwaukee, WI Presents "Seeking a Way" by Wisconsin Artist, Charles Munch

DEER IN THE CORN

Oil on Canvas 52 x 37 1/2" -- $8,500.00

Available in 28 ½ × 20” ($2,900) version and 20 × 14” ($1,500) version

EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS provided by the Tory Folliard Gallery

233 N. Milwaukee Street

Milwaukee, WI

One of Wisconsin’s most recognizable painters, Charles Munch creates vivid work that explores the complex relationship between humans, animals, and the natural world. By eliminating extraneous detail, he attempts to convey a distinct image by the simplest means possible. 

Since Munch usually paints from his imagination or memory, he starts with a small ‘seed painting,’ often a watercolor in his sketchbook, and ‘grows’ it from small to large to even a larger painting using oil on canvas instead of watercolor. Each subsequent version acts as a steppingstone for Munch to balance and refine the subject in terms of line, color, and composition.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1945, Munch enjoyed summers in Door County, Wisconsin, where the landscape, flora, and fauna shaped his connection to nature. His fondness for art and painting led him to study at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, where he received a BA in painting in 1968. After college, Munch studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture and worked as an apprentice conservator of 19th-century American and 17th-century Dutch paintings. In the 1970s, he returned to Wisconsin, and his paintings became semi-abstract, more closely matching his inner vision.

Munch’s work has been included in numerous gallery and museum exhibitions around the country. His paintings are in the collections of the Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI; Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI; Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI; and Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, among others.

Charles Munch has been represented by Tory Folliard Gallery since 1992.