Madonna and Child from the "Madonna Series"

 

James Mahlon Rosen

  1933 - 2023 (biography)

1983  

oil on paper 

26 1/2 x 19" image size 

pencil, within image, lower center 

1 of 1 unique 

dated 

 

white fabriano 

 

 

17640 

$4,000.00 

James M. Rosen pays homage to the Old Masters with this portrait of the Madonna and Child surrounded by angels. He distills the moment to its essence, using transluscent oil washes that soften the planes and lend a glow to the composition. The details of the figures - their faces, hands, and the textures of their clothes - are left to the imagination of the viewer. The subject of this composition has long been the subect of countless artists, trained and untrained, over the centuries. Rosen uses his signature style to obscure the definite, inviting the viewer to meditate on the work. For many, the more time spent with a Rosen painting, the more the content comes into focus, but the viewer has to be involved. This painting from from the collection of now deceased Santa Rosa, California collectors Robert and Evelyn McAleece.