The Heckscher Museum of Art’s collection spans 500 years with particular emphasis on art of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. American landscape painting and work by Long Island artists, past and present, are particular strengths, as is American and European modernism.
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Paumanok Places #8
Stan Brodsky’s work draws its primary inspiration from his surroundings. Deeply attached to the landscape, Brodsky transforms his personal experience of place—and its light, color, and mood—into lyrical abstractions that capture the essence of his Long Island environment or locales from his travels around the world. For Brodsky, color provides the means to assimilate the emotional and visual aspects of his experience, and his oeuvre is characterized by its profound sensitivity to palette. In his work, color is built up in layers, creating an overall tension between the two-dimensional picture surface and the spatial depth evoked. Paumanok is a Native American name for Long Island meaning “the island that pays tribute.”