nycartscene:
thru May 31:
NICOLAS DE STAËL
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, 1018 Madison Ave., NYC (bt E.78th & E.79th St)
an exhibition of paintings by Nicolas de Staël (1914 – 1955) including a dozen paintings from the 1950s, the artist’s most prolific and significant period. Hovering between figuration and abstraction, his paintings are marked by their heavily impastoed surface, their simplicity of composition, and a bold but sophisticated use of color.