Artist Robert Semans | A Contemporary American Painter | ArtliveAndBeauty

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Artist Robert Semans is A Contemporary American artist,  he got a classical education and has stayed committed to the principles and techniques of painting of the nineteenth century for many years. Because he is a multifaceted musician, Artist Robert Semans does not favor any one genre over another. Still lifes, landscapes, ceremonial portraits, genre compositions, and panels are among his works.

Robert Semans received his Bachelor Degree of Arts from Gonzaga University in Washington and his MA from San Jose State University. The work of the Italian painter Nira Simi, with whom Robert trained in Florence, Italy, and whom he even now regards his mentor, had the biggest effect on the artist. The ancient artist's skill was his ability to teach students the classical drawing ideas that were prevalent throughout the Renaissance.

" As an artist I have drawn inspiration over the years from several painters including the old masters Vermeer, Rembrandt, and Velasquez and more recent master such as Sargent, George Innes, Mancini, Aaron Shikler, Walter Vaes and others. Each has enriched my understanding of one or another facet of painting.  From Vermeer I developed an appreciation of composition and color harmony; from Velasquez I learned the importance of subduing excessive detail in favor of the general effect; from Sargent an appreciation of bold brushwork and reducing  forms to their essential elements; from Mancini, Vaes, and Shikler the beauty of impasto, lively color, expressive brushwork and those elements we usually identify as "painterly."Today I strive to express those values in my work while remaining open to contemporary ideas and trends..."  Artist Robert Semans says