Roger Winter (born August 17, 1934) is an American contemporary artist and educator, best known for his landscape paintings of rural Texas and realist depictions of New York City.
Early life and education
Winter was born August 17, 1934, in Denison, Texas, to itinerant farmers Gordon Fillmore Winter and Etta Mae Winter (née Kennemer), as the youngest of eight children.[1]
Winter moved to Dallas, Texas in 1961, accepting a teaching position at Fort Worth Art Center.[7] During this time, he also served as a studio assistant to Charles T. Williams, who introduced Winter to Jim Love, Roy Fridge, David McManaway, Hal Pauley, Bill Komodore, and Herb Rogalla. These artists all became known regionally, at the time, for their association with the Dallas Museum of Contemporary Art (DMCA), led by curator Douglas MacAgy, and for their involvement in the art scene surrounding Dallas' Oak Lawn neighborhood.[8]
From 1990 to 1996, Winter lived year-round in Frankfort, Maine, and soon became associated with the seasonal artistic community surrounding Penobscot Bay. In Maine, Winter was first introduced to the artist Alex Katz and the documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman through their mutual friend, the painter Neil Welliver. During this time, he also became acquainted with the painter Lois Dodd and the sculptor Anne Arnold.[12] In 2018, Dodd and Winter staged a two-person exhibition at Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas.[13]
In 2012, Winter was the subject of a documentary, Roger Winter and the Line, directed by filmmaker Quin Mathews.[14]
In 2013, Winter served as a consultant to President George W. Bush on the former president's painting practice.[15] Bush has credited Winter for his decision to paint portraits of world leaders, twenty-four of which were later exhibited at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas.[16][17]
Winter currently shows his work at Tara Downs Gallery in New York, New York.[18]
Work
As a painter, Winter has explored many approaches to balancing illusion and abstraction in his work.[19] Winter's recent work shows the influence of his daily experience of architecture and ongoing construction in New York.[20] His time spent in the minimal landscapes of New Mexico and Iceland has simplified his painted edges and divisions of canvas space.[21] Winter's painterly brushwork and his belief in the importance of luminosity appear to be surviving elements from the past.[22]
Exhibitions
Winter’s work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the following venues: Tara Downs, New York, US (2024); “Upper West Side Plus,” Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, US (2024); “Jazz Set,” Master Gallery, New York, US (2023); “Stories/Collages From Memory: Roger Winter,” Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, US (2020); and “Artist At Work,” Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, US (2019). The artist’s work has been presented in numerous group exhibitions including: “Albritton Collection of Texas Art,” Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, US (2021); “Hip Squares,” The MADI Museum, Dallas, US (2020); Iceland From The Outside, MOMA Towers, New York, US (2020); “one plus one equals three,” Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, US (2019); “LOIS DODD/ROGER WINTER,” Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, US (2018); “The Neighborhood,” Master Gallery, New York, US (2016); “Monumental Works,” Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, US (2014); and “Under The Influence,” The Grace Museum,” Abilene, US (2012).[23]
Between 1984 and 1998, Winter staged five solo exhibitions at the Fischbach Gallery in New York City, a gallery notable for its roster of artists, which also included Katz, Dodd, Arnold, Welliver, and Yvonne Jacquette.[24]
In 1960, Winter married children's book author and illustrator, Jeanette Ragner Winter. They were married until her death in 2025.[26][27] They lived and maintained studios in New York City. They have two sons, Jonah and Max.[28][29]
Gallery
Roger Winter, The Long Walk, oil on linen, 42 x 72 in, 2010
Roger Winter, Berit's Iceberg, oil on linen, 28 x 108 in, 2013
Roger Winter, P.S.93, oil on canvas, 72 x 72 in, 2018
Roger Winter, Trash Heap, oil on linen, 72 x 60 in, 2019
Roger Winter, Prescience, oil on linen, 60 x 48 in, 2020
Roger Winter, Orange Wall & Window, oil on canvas, 60 x 30 in, 2024
Roger Winter, Beams, oil on linen, 60 x 36 in, 2024
Roger Winter, Walls and Window, oil on canvas, 30 x 60 in, 2024
Roger Winter, Otican Window View, oil on linen, 24 x 60 in, 2024
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References
↑Kalil, Susie (2020). The Art of Roger Winter: Fire and Ice. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. p.9. ISBN9781623498641.
↑Kalil, Susie (2020). The Art of Roger Winter: Fire and Ice. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. p.18. ISBN9781623498641. OCLC1119742662.
↑Kalil, Susie (2020). The Art of Roger Winter: Fire and Ice. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. pp.24, 29–30. ISBN9781623498641.
↑Kalil, Susie (2020). The Art of Roger Winter: Fire and Ice. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. pp.28–29. ISBN9781623498641.
↑Kalil, Susie (2020). The Art of Roger Winter: Fire and Ice. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. p.36. ISBN9781623498641.
↑Kalil, Susie (2020). The Art of Roger Winter: Fire and Ice. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. ISBN9781623498641.
↑Kalil, Susie; Winter, Roger (2020). The Art of Roger Winter: Fire and Ice. Sara and John Lindsey series in the arts and humanities. College Station: Texas A&M University Press. p.53. ISBN978-1-62349-864-1.
↑Kalil, Susie; Winter, Roger (2020). The art of Roger Winter: fire and ice. Sara and John Lindsey series in the arts and humanities. College Station: Texas A&M University Press. pp.55-60. ISBN978-1-62349-863-4.
↑Kalil, Susie; Winter, Roger (2020). The art of Roger Winter: fire and ice. Sara and John Lindsey series in the arts and humanities. College Station: Texas A&M University Press. pp.97-99. ISBN978-1-62349-863-4.
↑Bush, George W. (2017). Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief's Tribute to American Warriors. New York: Random House. pp.13–14. ISBN978-0-8041-8976-7.
↑Kalil, Susie (2020). The Art of Roger Winter: Fire and Ice. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. pp.3–5, 96, 101–106. ISBN9781623498641.
↑Kalil, Susie (2020). The Art of Roger Winter: Fire and Ice. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. pp.304–319. ISBN9781623498641.
↑Kalil, Susie (2020). The Art of Roger Winter: Fire and Ice. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. pp.292–304. ISBN9781623498641.
↑Kalil, Susie (2020). The Art of Roger Winter: Fire and Ice. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. pp.292–293, 297, 300–301. ISBN9781623498641.
