Posted January 15, 2008 - 8:26am
Photo-based aintings, drawings and watercolors by Professor Emeritus of Art Robert Bechtle helped define an era of middle-class America: suburban streetscapes and homes, station wagons and family barbecues. His work also was key in defining the photorealism style, now enjoying a revival after his retrospective exhibition that premiered at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 2005 and traveled to the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the following year.Bechtle and photorealism's renewed interest are the subject of the cover story in the January edition of Art + Auction magazine. One of Bechtle's signature works, "Agua Caliente 1975," graces the magazine's cover.
