MATHEMATICAL GEOMETRIC COMPOSITION PAINTING BY ERIC WAGNER

A mathematical geometric composition by Eric Wagner

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Here is a small bio of the painter:

Wagner has always drawn, dating to his school days in Croton, where he grew up as the son of a Bauhaus-trained architect in a home his father designed. He attended Vermont’s progressive Putney School and Harvard, where he majored in physics but took just as many humanities courses. After being drafted into the Army during the Korean War, Wagner used weekend passes when stationed in Japan to visit traditional inns, drawing what was around him and trying photography, too.

After the army, he joined IBM in Poughkeepsie as a “logical designer” in its nascent research division. With IBM’s support, he earned his doctorate in mathematics from Columbia, all the while continuing to put brush to canvas.
Asked where his work comes from, Wagner responds, “I don’t know. But certainly some parts are mathematical and other key construction comes from architecture. Some are simply experiments in minimalism.”

The Garrison Art Center organized a solo show to honor Wagner’s talent and commitment in 2018. All of his works are untitled because, as he explains, “the natural title would be something like: ‘Trisecting the 60-degree angle’ and half the people would leave the room and the other half would be confused!”

Wagner says he spends time contemplating his pieces and, as an example, notes that he recently “noticed a phenomenon in two paintings: In both cases I did it with an isosceles triangle and didn’t mean to. I’m curious about doing it without an isosceles: Would that be an improvement?”

20H" x 16W"

19%

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