Hero: The Paintings of Robert Bissell, by Robert Bissell, Carl Little
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While it is clear that artist Robert Bissell (American, b. England 1952) derives his inspiration from the animal world, his paintings are not simply portraits of bears, rabbits, and other creatures. They are allegories for the challenges and discoveries all living beings encounter on life s journey.Bissell s work is largely informed by the writings of the mythologist Joseph Campbell (American, 1904 1987), who held that myths from disparate cultures and eras all share fundamental structures. Bissell s reading of Campbell s The Hero with a Thousand Faces initiated his own journey as artist to portray the callings we have, the quests we undertake, difficulties we share, helping hands that appear out of nowhere (it seems), and finally the elations and conclusions we all have in common. Hero: The Paintings of Robert Bissell is organized according to the construct of Campbell s hero s journey. Each of the 10 chapters from Genesis and Vision through Crossing and Initiation to Return and Elixir presents paintings that interpret these archetypal experiences. Bissell s grand and detailed landscapes provide Edenic stages for each scene in the journey.Carl Little s introduction offers biographical background and explores Bissell s process, motivations, and revelations, and the artist has supplied brief stories for many of the paintings. The path of human experience is joyfully recounted in Hero, illuminated by Bissell s animals, who invite our contemplation as they mirror our own quests, conundrums, and resolutions.
Hero: The Paintings of Robert Bissell, by Robert Bissell, Carl Little - Amazon Sales Rank: #599542 in Books
- Published on: 2015-03-03
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 10.75" h x 12.75" w x 1.00" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 140 pages
Hero: The Paintings of Robert Bissell, by Robert Bissell, Carl Little Review [Bissell's] animals are neither wild nor tame, neither realistic portraits nor Hallmark creations. There is integrity about Bissell's beasts. --Science MindThis is a must-have book for art collectors. --Portland Book Review
From the Inside Flap While it is clear that artist Robert Bissell (American, b. England 1952) derives his inspiration from the animal world, his paintings are not simply portraits of bears, rabbits, and other creatures. They are allegories for the challenges and discoveries all living beings encounter on life's journey. Bissell's work is largely informed by the writings of the mythologist Joseph Campbell (American, 19041987), who held that myths from disparate cultures and eras all share fundamental structures. Bissell's reading of Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces initiated his own journey as artist to portray "the callings we have, the quests we undertake, difficulties we share, helping hands that appear out of nowhere (it seems), and finally the elations and conclusions we all have in common." Hero: The Paintings of Robert Bissell is organized according to the construct of Campbell's hero's journey. Each of the 10 chaptersfrom "Genesis" and "Vision" through "Crossing" and "Initiation" to "Return" and "Elixir"presents paintings that interpret these archetypal experiences. Bissell's grand and detailed landscapes provide Edenic stages for each scene in the journey. Carl Little's introduction offers biographical background and explores Bissell's process, motivations, and revelations, and the artist has supplied brief stories for many of the paintings. The path of human experience is joyfully recounted in Hero, illuminated by Bissell's animals, who invite our contemplation as they mirror our own quests, conundrums, and resolutions.
About the Author Although the English-born Bissell started out surrounded by animals on his childhood farm, he did not start out a painter. After studying photography at the Royal College of Art in London and later moving to America, he spent a decade in the corporate world before starting his own catalog company. Soon, however, he decided to follow his heart and create art full-time. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and regularly exhibits in museums and galleries across the United States and Europe.Carl Little is the author of many books, including Edward Hopper's New England and Winslow Homer and the Sea. He is a regular contributor to art magazines and has contributed essays to a number of museum and gallery exhibition catalogues. Formerly the director of the Blum Gallery at the College of the Atlantic, Little lives with his family in Somesville, Maine.
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful. `Animals are good for thinking' Claude Lévi-Strauss By Grady Harp First and foremost, Robert Bissell is a very fine contemporary painter, a fact that may go unobserved due to the immediate emotional impact of his majestic paintings of animals in magical, at times surreal, yet always warmly heartwarming stories in paint. Yet the word `fine' here applies to his technical gifts - the way he handles paint, the intuitive correctness of his compositional concepts, the ever-engaging of the viewer's imagination of tracing that fine line between praise of the animal kingdom and anthropomorphism. Some may glance at the cover of this new, beautifully designed and published monograph and sense that it is about illustration, about a book for children - and yes, it is that, if `children' applies to the childlike wonder in each of us hopefully not completely bruised by the contemporary realities of the world. But it is much more.Opening with a Preface from Bissell in which he eloquently shares the connection between his happenstance experience with a coyote in the wild, a sharing of isolated unencumbered encounters that forced him to appreciate the sameness of all living things. He also hails the importance of American mythologist Joseph Campbell on his work, the theme of this book being derived from Campbell's `The Hero with a Thousand Faces'. And Bissell adds, `This book presents my animal paintings over the past five years or so as stories that fit into a larger narration: our own journey as human beings, the callings we have, the quests we undertake, difficulties we share, helping hands that appear out of nowhere (it seems), and finally the elations and conclusions we all have in common.'There is a fine biographical introduction written by Carl Little who follows Bissell's journey from his birth in England, the traumas and accomplishments of his early years, and his eventual migration to and settling in the Pacific Coast of the US. It is that kind of biography that finds the meaningful moments in an artist's life that brings us into Bissell's mindset of today. Then the volume opens with the extraordinarily fine paintings of Robert Bissell, paintings that some may at first view as simplistic illustrations meant for decoration, but with continuous growing into these luminous masterworks the ideas and philosophies and, in the end, the elegant talent of the artist emerges.The paintings are divided into ten Campbellesque categories: Genesis/Birth, Vision/The Calling, Journey/Setting Out, Crossing/The Threshold, Test/Te Trial, Initiation/Receiving Advice, Oracle/The Helper, Apotheosis/Divine Knowledge, Return/Embrace, and Elixir/Blessing. Filling these pages are the wondrous larger than life animals of Bissell's creation - animals singly and with butterflies, animals in flocks, animals in majestically beautiful landscape paintings, and animals in encounters with shadows of holy men. In order to understand and appreciate what Bissell has been and continues to create can only be grasped by adding this book to your Fine Art library. This book is a bonafide treasure for the eye and the mind and the soul. Highly Recommended on every level. Grady Harp, May 13
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful. Animal Spirits and Journeys By Larain Appelbaum-matheson I am in awe of the paintings in this book and the fertile, imaginative mind that created them. This is a beautiful book of a journey through time from birth through transformation. It is like a native american vision quest where we seek a vision and then are hopefully led through our journey to seek the knowledge. Gratitude and blessings abound through the images . So many favorites I found in this book and now have a renewed love for the elephants, rabbits and of course the bear. Courage to seek, courage to find. That is what the bear represents in ancient lore.I highly recommend this as a book to share with others.Larain Matheson
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. spirituality... By lvt i loved the entire experience of reading and contemplating the art during quiet time. the portrayal of spiritual growth through animal paintings is brilliant! each painting gave thoughts to ponder, but without the artists comments, i might not have travelled this road. i so enjoyed my guided, visual journey. i know you will too!
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