Portraits from Life with Max Ginsburg
3 day workshop
Portraits From Life
with Max Ginsburg
January 9-11, 2024
9:30 – 4:00pm
Join this mastermind of an artist, who passionately gives to the craft for a 3 day workshop January 9-11, 2024!
Day 1. Oil Painting Head Studies or Portraits from Life (Male & Female Live models). In the first hour of the morning and the afternoon sessions I would paint a demonstration. The students would paint in the second two hours of the morning and afternoon sessions and I would critique their work individually.
Day 2. Oil Painting Nude Figure Study from Life (Female Live model). One pose all day. Demo by me for the first hour in am & pm. Then critique students’ work as on Day 1..
Day 3. Oil Painting Composition of Clothed Figure from Life (Live model). One pose all day. Same procedure as on Day 2.
Required Supplies
OIL PAINTS
Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre,
Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Red Lt., Alizarin Crimson, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Cadmium Green Pale., (Winsor Newton brand), Cinnabar Green Medium (Rembrandt brand), Viridian, Cerulean Blue, UltraMarine Blue, Mars Black
BRUSHES
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Raphael – Paris, (Type #3572 Bristle Filbert) Size #4, #6, #8 I have these
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Raphael – Paris brushes at a discount price. I will bring these to the workshop.
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Escoda Clasico (Cerda Blanca) Sizes #4 & #6
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Silver Brush Renaissance (Type #7110) Red Sable #1, #2
MEDIUMS
- Linseed Oil
- Turpenoid or Gamsol
SURFACES
- Hardwood Panel gessoed and toned OR GessoBoard toned)
- OR Stretched smooth Canvas, Primed & Toned)
- Two 9″x12″ panels or canvases
- Two14″x18″ panel or canvas
OTHER
- Two metal cups with caps (for turpenoid and linseed oil)
- Palette Knife
- Murphy’s Oil for cleaning brushes
- Rags and Paper Towels
- A French Easel with legs with a wooden or plastic palette,
- Or a regular 12”x16” paint box with a traditional 12”x16” wooden or plastic pallet
Lecture and Slideshow
with Max Ginsburg
Monday, January 8, 2024
6 – 8:00pm
Join us for a lecture, slide show an discussion with Max Ginsburg. He will share his process, his art and the masters that have influenced him along his journey.
Light refreshments will be served. Don’t miss out on this rare opportunity, space is limited.
This lecture is Free to Workshop participants, please contact Tracy Lefkowitz to register tlefkowitz@theartguild.org.
About Max Ginsburg
Ginsburg’s paintings are in many museums and private collections including The Butler Institute of American Art, The New Britain Museum, The Washington County Museum of Fine Art, The Society of Illustrators Museum, The Art Renewal Center Collection, The Salmagundi Club, The Hospital Workers Union 1199 and other public institutions.
He exhibited his fine art from 1953 to the present. From 1980 – 2004 he painted illustrations commissioned by the major publishing companies.
Ginsburg taught art over 60 years:
1960 – 1982 at The High School of Art & Design (NYC).
1984 – 2000 at The School of Visual Arts (NYC).
2008 – Ongoing: at The Art Students League of N.Y.
He has given many PAINTING FROM LIFE WORKSHOPS around the U.S. and abroad.
2020 – Ongoing: Online Painting Classes and Workshops
In 2011 he published his BOOK “MAX GINSBURG – RETROSPECTIVE.”
Over the years he exhibited and received many awards. The following are some of the more recent exhibitions and awards:
2023 – Lifetime Achievement Award, RealismLive
2022 – Love Award, Allied Artists of America
2020 – GOLD MEDAL, The Portrait Society of America
2017 – Solo Exhibition, FEI Art Museum, Yokohama, Japan
2017 – Solo Exhibition, Florence Academy Of Art, U.S.
2016 – Solo Exhibition, Highline Loft Gallery, NYC
2015 – The William Draper GRAND PRIZE at The Portrait Society of America Competition
2014 – Solo Exhibition, ArtRage Gallery in Syracuse, NY
2013 – Gold Medal Award, California Art Club, CA
2011 – BEST IN SHOW at ARC, The Art Renewal Center, International Salon Competition
2011 – Retrospective Solo Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
2011 – Retrospective Solo Exhibition, The Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
For more details, awards and Bio before 2011 see Biography in web site www.maxginsburg.com,
and in his book “Max Ginsburg – Retrospective”.
Education:
Although he studied art & painting in the following schools, his education and skill development in realistic painting was learned primarily from his father, Abraham Ginsburg, a portrait painter
1945-1949, H.S.of Music & Art, NYC
1949-1953, Syracuse University (BFA), Syracuse, NY