Summary
Renee Radell was a consummate colorist with roots in American Figurative Expressionism whose career spans more than 70 years. Best known as a contemporary social commentary painter, her art carries the momentum of America’s rise to super-power status post WWII, a generation beyond earlier Social Realism.
Sometimes satirical, sometimes humorous, often tragic, yet always intellectually piercing, Renee Radell’s pictures convey an acute social consciousness and compassion, incorporating images of life’s journey, hope and hopelessness, conflict and regeneration on her chosen stage. They demonstrate remarkable vitality and are increasingly germane to today’s society. Her hallmark concern for the plight of humanity permeates all of her creations through narrative and symbolism.
A figurative painter at core rooted in expressionism, Renee Radell also applied brush and palette to portraits, landscapes, still life, and abstract painting, ordaining each picture with its unique persona. A look at her oeuvre will demonstrate diverse and highly skilled ventures in imagery, materials and personal philosophy.
Renee Radell had over 60 years of art shows and decades of professorships from her roots in Michigan to mainstream art in Manhattan. She is represented in several museums and numerous personal and institutional art collections in North America and Europe. She resides near New York City.