David Byrd 1926-2013
Under Covers, n.d.
Oil on canvas
28 x 32 inches
(71.1 x 81.3 cm)
(71.1 x 81.3 cm)
The soft palette and quality of light in Byrd's paintings set a delicate mood in his depictions of the daily life of psychiatric patients at the Montrose VA hospital, where...
The soft palette and quality of light in Byrd's paintings set a delicate mood in his depictions of the daily life of psychiatric patients at the Montrose VA hospital, where he worked as an orderly from 1958 - 1988. The expressive poses of Byrd's figures and his compositional blocking underline a shared anxiety and isolation felt by both the subjects and the painter.
Provenance
The David Byrd EstateExhibitions
Ghent, S.M.A.K., Splendid Isolation, May 14 – September 18, 2022.New York, Anton Kern Gallery, David Byrd: Montrose VA, 1958-1988, February 25 - April 3, 2021.