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.

Works

David FeBland: Foreign & Domestic, 2019 — Foreign & Domestic, 2019, Oil on canvas, 76,2 × 122 cm

David FeBland: Aspirational, 2019 — Aspirational, 2019, Oil on canvas, 91,4 × 152,4 cm

David FeBland: Bison, 2019 — Bison, 2019, Oil on canvas, 91 × 122 cm

David FeBland: Fly me to the Moon, 2019 — Fly me to the Moon, 2019, Oil on canvas, 61 × 107 cm

David FeBland: Sargent´s Daughters, 2019 — Sargent´s Daughters, 2019, , 101,6 × 76,2 cm

David FeBland: Child´s Play, 2019 — Child´s Play, 2019, Oil on canvas, 91,4 × 121,9 cm

David FeBland: Firesign, 2016 — Firesign, 2016, Oil on canvas, 81 × 107 cm

David FeBland: Carpetbaggers, 2011 — Carpetbaggers, 2011, oil on wood, 36 × 46 cm, Sold

David FeBland: Man and Superman, 2011 — Man and Superman, 2011, Acrylic on canvas / wood, 51 × 41 cm

David FeBland: Hubtones, 2019 — Hubtones, 2019, Oil on canvas, 121,9 × 152,4 cm, Sold

David FeBland: Magic Bus, 2020 — Magic Bus, 2020, Oil on canvas, 96,6 × 157,5 cm

David FeBland: Bolero, 2019 — Bolero, 2019, Oil on canvas, 152,4 × 122 cm

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David FeBland

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

Rootless Cosmopolitans
Sep 2022

From New York City with Love V: A David FeBland Solo Show
May 2019

May 2016

I love NY
May 2012

Group Exhibitions

Art Essences XIX
Jul 2018

Art Essences XVII
Oct 2017

Jul 2014

Jun 2014

Apr 2014

Kunstessenzen IV
Jan 2013

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

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

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