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Eric Forstmann Art

American, b. 1962

Eric Forstmann works with a forlorn beauty, basing his viewpoint on what's around him; in doing so, he paints with an authentic voice. This allows him to keep one foot in the present while the other is in the 19th century. His landscapes are created in "en plein air," or plein air painting, which is the act of painting outdoors. This method contrasts with studio painting or academic rules that might create a predetermined look.

Forstmann grew up in nearby northwest Connecticut and studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston under Barnett Rubenstein and Henry Schwartz's tutelage. He has had five one-man museum shows at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, HO; the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; the Evansville Museum of Arts, History, and Science, Evansville, IN; the Mattatuck Museum of Waterbury, CT; and Brenau University, Gainesville, GA. He was featured in “Naples Collects” at the Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL, and in the Norman Rockwell Museum exhibition titled “Realism and the Persistence of Memory” in Stockbridge, MA. He is also the elected president of Five Points Center for the Visual Arts in Torrington, Connecticut, and recently held a residency at the prestigious Vermont Studio Center.

His work has been in Architectural Digest, Art News, American Art Collector and New England Home. Litchfield Magazine named him one of the “25 Most Influential People” in Litchfield County. Forstmann serves as the president of the board of directors for the Five Points Center for the Visual Arts in Torrington, CT. The artist lives in Sharon, CT, and works in Torrington, CT.

Forstmann’s work is in the selected collections of Taubman Centers, Bloomfield Hills, MI; Aurelius Capital Management LP, New York, NY; Oak Hill Investment Management, Menlo Park, CA; Time Equities, Inc., New York, NY; Meryl Streep and Don Gummer, New York, NY; Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, New York, NY; Warren Beatty and Annette Bening, Los Angeles, CA; and George Stephanopoulos and Ali Wentworth, New York, NY.

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Artist: Eric Forstmann
Outsized Ambitions
By Eric Forstmann
Located in Washington Depot,, CT
One of America's most important realist painters, Eric Forstmann's work is proudly held in many public & private collections, such as the Rauschenberg Foundation, Aurelius Capital Ma...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Eric Forstmann Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

Blue Notes
By Eric Forstmann
Located in Washington Depot,, CT
One of America's most important realist painters, Eric Forstmann's work is proudly held in many public & private collections, such as the Rauschenberg Foundation, Aurelius Capital Ma...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Eric Forstmann Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

April Meeting
By Eric Forstmann
Located in Washington Depot,, CT
One of America's most important realist painters, Eric Forstmann's work is proudly held in many public & private collections, such as the Rauschenberg Foundation, Aurelius Capital Ma...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Eric Forstmann Art

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Group Envy
By Eric Forstmann
Located in Washington Depot,, CT
One of America's most important realist painters, Eric Forstmann's work is proudly held in many public & private collections, such as the Rauschenberg Foundation, Aurelius Capital Ma...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Eric Forstmann Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

Tanner Hill Noon
By Eric Forstmann
Located in Washington Depot,, CT
One of America's most important realist painters, Eric Forstmann's work is proudly held in many public & private collections, such as the Rauschenberg Foundation, Aurelius Capital Ma...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Eric Forstmann Art

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Tanner Hill Noon
By Eric Forstmann
Located in Washington Depot,, CT
Painted en plein air in Litchfield County, CT the summer of 2023. A beautiful representation of a landscape painted by American Realist Artist, Eric Forstmann.
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2010s Realist Eric Forstmann Art

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Panel, Oil

Leaving Wind
By Eric Forstmann
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oil on panel
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2010s Realist Eric Forstmann Art

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Panel, Oil

Red Gift
By Eric Forstmann
Located in Washington Depot,, CT
A still life painting featuring a red onion on a white table cloth by Eric Forstmann
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2010s Realist Eric Forstmann Art

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Oil, Archival Paper

Appleonia
By Eric Forstmann
Located in Washington Depot,, CT
a beautiful still life painting of an apple on a white table cloth by the artist Eric Forstmann
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Eric Forstmann Art

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Oil, Archival Paper

Thanks for Nothing
By Eric Forstmann
Located in Washington Depot,, CT
Social commentary by the artist, Eric Forstmann, about how these bags are not good for the environment.
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2010s Realist Eric Forstmann Art

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Oil, Canvas

Shelf Contained
By Eric Forstmann
Located in Washington Depot,, CT
One of America's most important realist painters, Eric Forstmann's work is proudly held in many public & private collections, such as the Rauschenberg Foundation, Aurelius Capital Ma...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Eric Forstmann Art

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Bittersweet Georg
By Eric Forstmann
Located in Washington Depot,, CT
oil on panel
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2010s Realist Eric Forstmann Art

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Oil, Panel

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Froth
H 26 in W 16 in D 1 in
6 @6:25 a.m.
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