Paul Manes
Night in MV, 2024
oil on canvas
78h x 84w in
PM232
Paul Manes
Chrysalis, 2024
oil on canvas
78h x 96w in
PM226
Paul Manes
Two Trees, 2024
oil on canvas
66h x 72w in
PM233
Paul Manes
Blue Flowers, 2024
oil on canvas
24h x 30w in
PM234
Paul Manes
Torrijos, 2024
oil on canvas
60h x 72w in
PM235
Paul Manes
Coco, 2024
oil on canvas
36h x 40w in
PM231
Paul Manes
Purple Poppies, 2024
oil on canvas
36h x 40w in
PM229
Paul Manes
Chocolate, 2024
oil on canvas
78h x 96w in
PM225
Paul Manes
The Flood, 2024
oil on canvas
60h x 66w in
PM236
Paul Manes
Berry St. (slight revisit), 2024
oil on canvas
84h x 78w in
PM228
Paul Manes
Thistle, 2024
oil on canvas
50h x 30w in
PM230
Paul Manes
Phryne, 2024
oil on canvas
78h x 96w in
PM227
Paul Manes
Devil's Paradise, 2022
oil on canvas
78h x 96w in
PM222
Paul Manes
Large Bowls, 2019
oil on canvas
84h x 78w in
PM223
Paul Manes
Chitta, 2022
oil on paper
30.50h x 23w in
Framed: 35.50h x 28.25w in
PM203
Paul Manes
Ida, 2022
oil on paper
30.50h x 23w in
Framed: 35.50h x 28.25w in
PM204
Paul Manes
Doorway, 2021
oil on canvas
40h x 36w in
PM206
Paul Manes
Dervish, 2021
oil on canvas
66h x 60w in
PM207
Paul Manes
Toad, 2021
oil on canvas
66h x 60w in
PM209
Paul Manes
Hollow Man, 2022
oil on canvas
66h x 60w in
PM211
Paul Manes
Prana, 2022
oil on canvas
78h x 66w in
PM212
Paul Manes
Rain, 2022
oil on canvas
36h x 40w in
PM213
Paul Manes
Ash, 2022
oil on canvas
40h x 36w in
PM215
Paul Manes
Fa, 2022
oil on canvas
14h x 11w in
PM216
Paul Manes
So, 2022
oil on canvas
14h x 11w in
PM217
Paul Manes
La, 2022
oil on canvas
14h x 11w in
PM218
Paul Manes
B.E.R., 2021
oil on canvas
41h x 105w in
PM205
Paul Manes
Poppies, 2021
oil on canvas
60h x 66w in
PM208
Paul Manes
Ana, 2022
oil on canvas
60h x 66w in
PM210
Paul Manes
Rudolph, 2022
oil on canvas
36h x 96w in
PM214
Paul Manes
Smoke, 2022
oil on canvas
40h x 36w in
PM219
Paul Manes
Maiysha, 2019
oil on canvas
60h x 66w in
PM172
Paul Manes
So What, 2020
oil on canvas
36h x 40w in
PM168
Paul Manes
Spanish Key, 2019
oil on canvas
72h x 78w in
PM174
Paul Manes
Olvidar, 2019
oil on canvas
78h x 104w in
PM167
Paul Manes
Porto Ercole, 2014
oil on canvas
90h x 122w in
Paul Manes
Songs 18, 2020
Mixed Media on Canvas
38h x 42.50w in
PM177
Paul Manes
Songs 5, 2020
Mixed Media on Canvas
37h x 43w in
PM176
Paul Manes
Songs 1, 2020
Mixed Media on Canvas
36.50h x 46w in
PM175
Paul Manes
Eimi, 2018
oil on canvas
60h x 66w in
Paul Manes
Night in the Mountains, 2018
oil on canvas
60h x 66w in
PM136
Paul Manes
40 Nights, 2012
oil on canvas
66h x 60w in
PM044
Paul Manes
Nephelae, 2018
oil on canvas
22h x 26w in
PM135
Paul Manes
Jus Sanguinis, 2015
oil on canvas
26h x 22w in
PM098
Paul Manes
Sunset Park (Revisited), 2018
oil on canvas
60h x 66w in
Paul Manes
100 Cities, 2017
oil on canvas
66h x 60w in
Paul Manes
Tempest, 2016
oil on canvas
54h x 48w in
PM117
Paul Manes
Curfew, 2016
oil and collage on canvas
74h x 66w in
PM109
Paul Manes
Freeway, 2016
oil on canvas
66h x 72w in
PM111
Paul Manes
Brattle, 2017
oil on canvas
40h x 36w in
Paul Manes
Tathata, 2015
oil on canvas
78h x 84w in
PM116
Paul Manes
Hester-Phospor, 2015
oil on canvas
20h x 32w in
Paul Manes
Harem, 2016
oil on canvas
78h x 104w in
PM112
Paul Manes
Marathon, 2006
oil on canvas
78h x 104w in
Paul Manes
Roadblock, 2016
oil on canvas
16h x 20w in
PM118
Paul Manes
Jammed, 2017
oil on canvas
78h x 104w in
PM157
Paul Manes
Acheron, 2018
oil on canvas
66h x 72w in
PM125
Paul Manes
Departure, 2013
oil on canvas
104h x 156w in
PM049
Paul Manes
In the Heat of the Night, 2008
oil on canvas
78h x 108w in
PM022
Paul Manes b. 1948 — Paul Manes has never been one to conform to the artistic trends of the day. His inspirations come mostly from the past — Rembrandt, Velasquez, Goya, Cezanne, Pollock, and Johns. Thus, Manes’ work pulls from hundreds of years of inspiration, culminating in an artistic technique that stands independent and unique. His adept handling of oil paint allows for fluidity of style between abstraction and representation; the subject matter varies from foreshortened stacks of wood to fighter planes, to tumbling stacks of bowls and complex fields of hexagonal nets. In each work, the artist provides the viewer with something new, powerful, and unequivocally “great.” Says Manes, “I paint both abstractions and figurative works. I make no distinctions because what I am thinking of is space, light, and form.”
With shows beginning in 1983, Manes’ work has been on display for over four decades. His early abstract works appeared in Houston magazines and Collision: The Contemporary Art Scene in Houston, 1972-1985 where it stood as a backdrop for Barbara Rose, the celebrated art historian and critic. As Manes’ career grew, his work became a subject in and of itself, becoming a compelling presence that demanded attention in collections such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim. It is not easy to define Paul Manes’ work, and perhaps, that is what is so enticing about it. He is not contained by any one style or subject, but rather, his oeuvre shows how he is a master in his own right. However, one of the clearest changes we can see in Manes’ work happened when he moved from New York to Colorado a decade ago. Bringing techniques from his past, Manes paints the lush nature around him, creating landscapes in a way that references the entirety of his career. At the same time, Manes continues to paint abstracted subjects, as well as subjects he has known for decades. Manes cannot be understood in any one definition of the “artist”, but rather, his work must be defined as a reflection of him and his experiences.
Paul Manes has had an extensive career since studying at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, Hunter College (New York). Domestically he has shown cross-country, in museums and galleries alike, including in Los Angeles, New York, Palm Beach, Atlanta, New Orleans, Beaumont, Austin, Dallas, and Houston. Internationally, Manes has exhibited in Milan, Monte Carlo, Rome, Paris, Bologna, and Munich, and most recently in Brussels, Belgium, in the epic, Painting After Postmodernism exhibition, curated by Barbara Rose. Manes’ work is frequently collected in both the public and private sectors and can be found in the collections of the Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Art Museum of Southeast Texas; Yoko Ono and Emeril Lagasse. His monumental work, The Entry of Christ into New York, was acquired for the lobby of the Brussels Hôtel de Ville (City Hall).
Paul Manes | Focus | 5.20.23 - 6.29.23 | Installation View
Paul Manes | Focus | 5.20.23 - 6.29.23 | Installation View
Paul Manes | Focus | 5.20.23 - 6.29.23 | Installation View
Paul Manes | Focus | 5.20.23 - 6.29.23 | Installation View
Paul Manes | Requiem | 10.8.22 - 11.12.22
Installation View
Paul Manes | Requiem | 10.8.22 - 11.12.22
Installation View
Paul Manes | Requiem | 10.8.22 - 11.12.22
Installation View
Paul Manes | Requiem | 10.8.22 - 11.12.22
Installation View
Paul Manes | Requiem | 10.8.22 - 11.12.22
Installation View
Paul Manes | Requiem | 10.8.22 - 11.12.22
Installation View
Paul Manes | Requiem | 10.8.22 - 11.12.22
Installation View
Paul Manes | Requiem | 10.8.22 - 11.12.22
Installation View
Paul Manes | Requiem | 10.8.22 - 11.12.22
Installation View
Paul Manes: Recent Paintings
February 20 – March 27, 2021
Paul Manes: Recent Paintings
February 20 – March 27, 2021
Paul Manes: Recent Paintings
February 20 – March 27, 2021
Paul Manes: Recent Paintings
February 20 – March 27, 2021
Paul Manes: Recent Paintings
February 20 – March 27, 2021
Paul Manes: Recent Paintings
February 20 – March 27, 2021
Paul Manes: Recent Paintings
February 20 – March 27, 2021
Paul Manes: Recent Paintings
February 20 – March 27, 2021
Paul Manes: Recent Paintings
February 20 – March 27, 2021
Paul Manes: Recent Paintings
February 20 – March 27, 2021
Paul Manes: Desire
October 13 – November 10, 2018
Paul Manes: Desire
October 13 – November 10, 2018
Paul Manes: Desire
October 13 – November 10, 2018
