JAMES P. APONOVICH | PORTRAIT OF STEVEN KOKOLIS

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Since the 1970s, James Aponovich has been known for technically masterful idealizations of reality in paintings of figures, portraits and still lifes. Distinguished by their geometry, proportion, composition and light filled atmosphere, his works reference 17th Century Dutch and Flemish still life painters, masters of the Renaissance, and surreal components of mid-20th century painters, traits that comprised a significant focus in the Allan Stone Collection and the program of his gallery. Aponovich is the State of New Hampshire's Artist Laureate, has been recipient of the American Academy in Rome prize and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant; and his works are in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Art Institute of Chicago; Arkansas Art Institute; and Portland Museum of Art, among others. 

Please note that this work will be exhibited at Allan Stone Projects.

Since the 1970s, James Aponovich has been known for technically masterful idealizations of reality in paintings of figures, portraits and still lifes. Distinguished by their geometry, proportion, composition and light filled atmosphere, his works reference 17th-century Dutch and Flemish still life painters, masters of the Renaissance, and surreal components of mid-20th-century painters, traits that comprised a significant focus in the Allan Stone Collection and the program of his gallery. Aponovich is the State of New Hampshire's Artist Laureate, has been recipient of the American Academy in Rome prize and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant; and his works are in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Art Institute of Chicago; Arkansas Art Institute; and Portland Museum of Art, among others.