David FeBland

The abandonment of people and place is a central theme in David FeBland's intensely shimmering cityscapes. He takes the viewer with him to places where the painstakingly maintained façade crumbles and the vulnerability of the city's inhabitants becomes visible. Peppered with surprising details, his works often contain a subtext that only unfolds after prolonged contemplation.

The abandonment of people and place is a central theme in David FeBland's intensely shimmering cityscapes. He takes the viewer with him to places where the painstakingly maintained façade crumbles and the vulnerability of the city's inhabitants becomes visible. Peppered with surprising details, his works often contain a subtext that only unfolds after prolonged contemplation.

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David FeBland

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions

Exhibition list

Solo Exhibitions

2022
"Rootless Cosmopolitans", Galerie Friedmann-Hahn, Berlin, Germany
2021
"Happy Motoring", The Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, USA
2021
"Worlds Unnoticed", Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt, Germany
2020
"New Works", Galleri Franz Pedersen, Horsens, Denmark
2019
"FROM NYC WITH LOVE V", Galerie Friedmann-Hahn, Berlin, Germany
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Group Exhibitions

2014
"From New York City with Love...", Galerie Friedmann-Hahn, Berlin, Germany
2010
"New York Memories", George Billis Gallery, New York City,NY, Germany
2008
AAF Contemporary, New York City,NY, USA
2008
"Fluchten", Künstlerverein Walkmühle, Wiesbaden, Germany
2000
"The City and its Pulse", Pelham Arts Center, Pelham,NY, USA
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Vita

David FeBland's sometimes unsparing, sometimes benevolent observations of American society are in the painterly tradition of the "Social Realism" of the American Ashcan School, which drew attention to social ills at the beginning of the 20th century. He works primarily on canvas or wood, and his use of colour and light is reminiscent of the Old Masters. The New Yorker finds inspiration for his subjects on walks through Manhattan or bicycle tours through North America and Europe.

David FeBland was born in London in 1949 and moved to the USA at the age of six. He began painting as a self-taught artist in the mid-1980s. Today he teaches at City University, New York and Brandeis University, Massachusetts. His works are part of numerous private and corporate collections, such as those of American Express, AT & T, IBM, or Citibank, as well as public collections such as the Museum of the City of New York.
1949
Born in London, UK.
1971
Political Studies at the University of Cincinnati, USA
1972
Studies of landscape planning and design at the University of Manchester, England
1974
Studies of Landscape Architecture at the University of Virginia, USA
1977
School of Visual Arts
1991
Pratt Institute professional studies lecture series
1996
Marywood College Studio Art course of study
2005
Associate Professor of Architectural Drawing, City University of New York Juror, CCCP Arts Festival & Exhibition, Jim Thorp, PA

Press

MON COEUR FAIT VROUM with David FeBland Sommermenschen am längsten Tag 2019

Publications