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The value of creating resemblance is passing; it is that of the brush which causes us first to marvel, and then makes the work eternal. -Denis Diderot, "Salon de 1763" (Le merite de ressembler est passager; c'est celui du pinceau qui emerveille dans le moment et qui eternise l'ouvrage.) To be a classical painter is not the same as being a classical realist. The classical painter embraces what Renaissance theorists called "the Idea of the Beautiful," and this idea or ideal is the filter through which the artist invents the figure, landscapes, etc. For more information about the classical Idea of the Beautiful see The Idea of the Beautiful and the Art of Drawing at the Rome Drawing Academy site (romedrawing.org). | |
 David Mayernik's work in watercolor can be seen on the website of American Artist magazine . |
David Mayernik is a highly accomplished figurative painter who works within the classical humanist tradition, painting in oil on canvas and watercolor on paper, in addition to in situ work in buon fresco; he especially appreciates the challenges that commissioned work brings. He studied fresco technique with renowned restorer Leonetto Tintori in Tuscany, and has spent more than two decades researching Old Master painting and drawing techniques. His subject matter ranges from plein air sketches to portraits, narratives, and allegories. His work has been exhibited in Europe and across the United States; in addition to lecturing widely about the classical tradition, he has taught drawing at the New York Academy of Art and at Notre Dame's School of Architecture. Please contact David Mayernik Ltd. at info@davidmayernik.com if you are interested in a particular painting or would like to commission a new work.
Teatro d'Acqua
a capriccio based on sketches from the Villa Doria Pamphilj
oil on canvas, 60 x 90cm, 2007
Apollo & Daphne
a novel take on Ovid's story
oil on canvas, 60 x 90cm, 2006
Porta Celimontana
plein air sketch, Rome
oil on canvas board, 24 x 18cm, 2006
Capitignano 2
plein air sketch, Mugello, Tuscany
oil on canvas, 20 x 30cm, 2001
Capitignano 3
plein air sketch, Mugello, Tuscany
oil on canvas, 20 x 30cm, 2001
Baths of Caracalla
plein air sketch, Rome
oil on canvas on board, 20 x 35cm, 2005
The Palatine Hill from the Circus Maximus
plein air sketch, Rome
oil on canvas on board, 20 x 35cm, 2005
Capriccio Mantovano
an imaginary veduta based on the artist's reading of Giulio Romano's iconography at the Palazzo Te in Mantua
oil on canvas, 60 x 90cm, 2004
Virtue, Truth, & Beauty, with Time and Wisdom
a study for a ceiling painting for the new TASIS Library
oil on canvas, 60 x 90cm, 2004
Time, Truth & Painting
an allegory that reverses the narrative of the classic 18th century theme of Truth Revealed by Time
oil on canvas, 60 x 90cm, 2004
Bramante's St. Peter's
a hypothetical veduta that collects the pieces that make up Bramante's first design for St. Peter's; used as the cover for TIMELESS CITIES: An Architect's Reflections on Renaissance Italy
oil on canvas, 45 x 30cm, 2003
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