
Rediscovering H. C. Westermann
Horace Clifford Westermann is often overlooked in the history of American art. Described as "an artist of genuinely American sensibility unaffected by European esthetics”, Westermann produced works in a variety of media from the 1950s until his death in 1981. Westermann’s work does not fit into one particular movement in the art historical narrative. His oeuvre includes paintings, woodcuts, drawings, and collage, but the artist is best known for his highly-detailed and impecc