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My first
painting of General Petraeus was done in 2004. I saw a review of
the book by Rick Atkinson called In the Company of Soldiers by Rick
Atkinson, in the New York Times book review section. It spoke of
the General's question to Atkinson, "Tell me how this ends?"
I was impressed by Petraeus and decided to paint a portrait of him.
This picture shows the General when he was a two-star General in
Iraq and Commander of the 101st Airborne Division. To the right
of the General's shoulder I painted a gun and a wing. I liked the
General's question. It seemed not only thoughtful but prescient.
At that moment, I started to paint the war in Iraq. I became aware
that no painter I knew or anyone else was painting the story of
this event.
I have
been painting for 50 years and would describe myself as an Expressionist.
That is, I paint with a weird combination of abandon and discipline.
In 2007 I painted another portrait of the General. This one is entitled,
"Et Tu, Petraeus?"
Leonard Rosenfeld
October 4, 2007
Selected
Exhibitions – LEONARD ROSENFELD
len@leonardrosenfeld.com
2008:
ARTWALK, NY, New York, NY (Auction conducted by Sotheby’s;
hosted by Richard Gere, Carey Lowell)
2007: President's Gallery LaGuardia Community College Gallery, NY; Gallery 311,
New York, NY ('Et tu, Petraeus?')
2006: Gallery 311, New York, NY
2005: Coalition for the Homeless Benefit Small Works Show - Merz Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY (group show); ARTWALK, NY, New
York, NY (Auction conducted by Sotheby’s; hosted by Candice
Bergen); Viridian Artists, New York, NY (two group shows)
2004: Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Galeria Corona,
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2003: Coalition for the Homeless Benefit Retrospective;
ARTWALK NY, New York, NY (Auction conducted by Sotheby’s;
hosted by Peter Jennings)
2002: ARTWALK NY, New York, NY (Auction conducted by Sotheby’s; hosted
by Charlie Rose); Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; "Art
from Detritus,” John Jay College, New York, NY
2001: ARTWALK NY, New York, NY (Auction conducted by Sotheby’s;
hosted by Peter Jennings)
2000: ARTWALK NY, New York, New York (Auction conducted by Christopher
Burge of Christies’; hosted by Peter Jennings)
1999: Leonora Vega Gallery, New York, New York ARTWALK NY, New York, New York
(in live auction conducted by Christopher Burge of Christie’s)
1998: Goldstrom Gallery, New York, NY
1997: ARTWALK NY, New York, NY
1996: Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY
1995: Michael Kisslinger Gallery, New York,
New York NY; Soho Biennial, New York, City; NatWest
Bank, New York, NY; ARTWALK NY, New York, NY; Massman Gallery
(Rockhurst College), Kansas City, Missouri; Eleven
East Ashland Independent Art Space, Phoenix, Arizona
1991: The Knitting Factory, New York, NY
1989: The Knitting Factory, New York, NYk
1988: The Robert Kidd Gallery, Detroit, Michigan; Casa Del Lago (University
of Mexico), Mexico City
1986: Central Falls, New York, New York
1983: Kenkaleba House, New York, New York
1982: OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY; The Race Street Gallery (with
OK Harris), Philadelphia, PA
1981: OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY; Grant, Edna St. Vincent Millay
Art Colony, Austerlitz, New York
1980: OK Harris Summer Invitational
1978: The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; Jacques Seligman, New York,
NY
1976: Gloria Cortella Gallery, New York, NY
1975 The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1965: Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, NY
1963: Stryke Gallery, New York, NY
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1959: Waverly Gallery, New York, NY
"Leonard Rosenfeld has consistently shown broad, inventive powers
and a mature ability to integrate diverse and seemingly conflictive
elements and images."Ivan C. Karp
(February 1995)
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