New photography by Ed Pollard captured with a digital camera-2007.

The Hunter

Artist Milton Resnick (American, born Ukraine, 1917 - 2004)

CultureRussian | American

Date1959

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsOverall: 68 1/4 x 67 in. (173.4 x 170.2 cm)

InscribedSigned lower right: "Resnick 59"

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.2154

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 223

Label TextMilton Resnick Russian/American (1907–2004) The Hunter, 1959 Oil on canvas Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.2154 Milton Resnick portrays the darker energies present in nature. Between intermingled bursts of cerulean blue and green are densely painted areas of gray and violent flashes of red. The entire surface pulsates like the quick rush of a hunter through a forest or the pounding heartbeat of the hunted. One critic claimed that Resnick was a “Monet for the nuclear age.”Exhibition History"Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. "Action Paintings," Waitzer Community Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., October 17, 2009 - May 23, 2010. "Remix Redux: A Fresh Mix For Our Modern And Contemporary Galleries," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, August 15 - December 30, 2012.