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 =

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)