 The painting, entitled "the Head of
Lincoln," is a new, contemporary piece. Newley captures a young
Lincoln, without a beard, with the words of the Gettysburg Address
intermixed throughout. Newley says he decided to paint Lincoln as a
call for our society to renew the wisdom of our greatest president.
Newley, along with his wife, Angela, who is also an artist, will
interpret the deeper thoughts and meanings behind the painting at
the opening dedication.
 Newley's portraits have included some of the most fascinating
personalities of our time, including Christopher Reeve, Gore Vidal
and Oliver Stone, who said of Newley, "I see Sacha as an Isaac
Newton of British art."
[Pictured is artist Sacha Newley's painting of Christopher
Reeve. Photo courtesy
of Sacha Newley.]
Newley has been acclaimed by art critics for
his concerted quality of "facial affect display" -- the
incorporation in his painted subjects of special attention to the
dramatic emotions of the human face, which gives the final product a
deeply compelling character. Those qualities are very apparent in
"the Head of Lincoln."
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Besides portraits, Newley has created still life and landscape
scenes, and has the dubious honor of being one of the last artists
to paint the New York skyline with the World Trade Center intact.
His works are featured in the Victoria and Albert Museum and in the
National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian.
Newley is the son of the late Anthony Newley, a songwriter who
won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1963, and actress Joan
Collins.
The public is invited to attend this event, and refreshments will
be served. Admission is free, but donations are welcome. The event
has been endorsed by the Illinois Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
Commission.
[Text from file received from
Lincoln College] |
