Carol
Allison
Artistic
Education
An Albuquerque
native, Allison came from an artistic family with relatives prominent in dance
and theatre. She began her art training at the Siegfried Hahn-Howard Wexler
School of Drawing and painting when 15 years old. Her studies were focused on the
techniques of the 18th Century English
Watercolor, and oil painting techniques of the renowned expert Jacques Maroger,
and the Italian and Flemish Old Masters. . Studies
focused major emphasis on drawing principles of the 19th century French Professor, Lecoq De Boisbaudran who taught many of the well known
artists of 19th century Paris and London. These principles were applied to intensive
training in still life and portraiture. To
further her art career Allison did numerous copies of various master drawings, and on her own she studied figure drawing with
related anatomy, as well as landscape and floral painting. Allison also took sculpture classes at Harvard Continuing Education in Cambridge MA.
.
Museum
Studies: Frequent trips to study in the museums of New York City's Frick
Metropolitan Museums
and the National Gallery in the Washington
DC. Others include Museum of Fine Arts Boston
and Fogg
Museum. International trips were also taken to
study paintings in museums in Brussels, Paris, Amsterdam and London and included print room studies at the British Museum.
Publications: Carol Allison
and her colleague Joan Irey were interviewed and published in American
Artist 2004 Drawing issue for the article “The
Tradition of Drawing From Memory” author, Joeseph Skrapits
*American
Artist Exclusive Online Article, 2004, Author, Carol Allison wrote
an online article at American Artist’s website which describes classical
drawing and painting techniques used in her classes.
Teaching
Experience: Currently
teaches classical painting to children at NM Art League with artist Joan Irey and previous classes with Siegfried Hahn. *From 1978 to the present she has
conducted classes at her studio Pinacotheque Art
Academy, Art Masters Academy, New Mexico Art League and Albuquerque Technical
Vocational Institute and workshops in Morocco at DAR America.
Artistic Group Activities: Working
as a group was always emphasized by Siegfried Hahn leader of the Maroger movement in Albuquerque.
In response to his influence Carol Allison has worked with other artists of the
Hahn Wexler School to achieve various goals:
*From 1978-1984 she co-owned
and operated Pinacotheque Art Academy & Gallery with artist
Dan Griggs and here she taught drawing
and painting to a number of artists, explained and demonstrated classical painting
techniques to the public. Helped organize the first exhibitions of Jacques
Maroger, in the southwest
*An original Maroger
painting was bought for the Albuquerque Museum
through print sales of Maroger’s work and a second
edition of his book was printed for students of Pinacotheque
and the Hahn Wexler School.
*Allison has appeared in numerous
shows in New Mexico
and Southwest featuring Jacques Maroger and other well-known artists using the Maroger medium.
Shows Carol Allison has been in.............Shows
Web Site review.....................art-fusion.com
Description and history of painting methods:
............................................History
Room
The Siegfried Hahn Howard
Wexler School
Of Drawing and Painting,
American Artist Article, March 1976
...................................................Information on school and drawing and painting methods
Siegfried Hahn's Jacques Maroger letters
.................................................................Reply Letter
Maroger
Medium, Flemish and Venetian medium
recipes...................Maroger Medium Recipes
