How can I buy a work by Ralph Nagel?

Bruno David Gallery handles the sale of available works by Ralph Nagel. For prices and availability, email info@brunodavidgallery.com or call +1 314 696 2377.

Where can I see work by Ralph Nagel in person?

At Bruno David Gallery, 7513 Forsyth Boulevard, Saint Louis, Missouri 63105, during public hours or by appointment.

What does Ralph Nagel make?

Plein air landscape paintings in watercolor, acrylic and oil, often in numbered series, of Colorado, the American Southwest, Provence and Thailand, along with lily ponds and flower still lifes.

Where is Ralph Nagel based?

Ralph Nagel lives and works in Denver, Colorado.

Has Ralph Nagel had an exhibition at Bruno David Gallery?

Yes. Being There (4 October to 17 November 2018) is one of his exhibitions at the gallery. Catalogues can be read in the gallery’s Publications library at brunodavidgallery.com/publications.

Ralph Nagel

Ralph Nagel (born 1945) is a Denver-based painter who works in watercolor, acrylic and oil, painting landscapes of Colorado, the American Southwest, France, Thailand and other places he has traveled. He often returns to a subject in numbered series, such as his views of Les Baux in Provence, of Phuket and of lily ponds, and also paints flower still lifes.

Nagel works in the plein air tradition, beginning with field sketches on site, and often paints at a large scale. His work draws on the Barbizon School and the Impressionists, and he describes his aim as a balance between spontaneity and control: “Truly seeing the subject of my art only takes place once the painting begins.” He studied with John Hull, Molly Davis and Boris Shoshensky, co-founded the painting group Studio 208 with Shoshensky, and paints with Les Rats des Champs, a Paris-based association of plein air painters.

Nagel earned a bachelor’s degree in architecture (1967) and a Master of Architecture (1969) from Washington University in St. Louis, and a Master of City Planning and a Master of Urban Design (1972) from the University of Pennsylvania.

He later worked in business and has painted since the early 2000s. His solo exhibitions in Colorado include shows at the Littleton History Museum (2013), the Loveland Museum and Lone Tree Arts Center (both 2014) and Pattern Shop Gallery, Denver (2015), and he has shown with Les Rats des Champs in Paris. His paintings are in private collections in the Americas, Europe, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand.

Being There, Nagel’s first exhibition with Bruno David Gallery, ran from 4 October to 17 November 2018 and filled every room of the gallery. It surveyed fifteen years of his painting and travel, with an emphasis on France and Thailand, and included a 2012 Denver Public Television interview with Nagel by Dominic Dezzutti. The gallery published a catalogue with texts by Carmon Colangelo, Dan Jacobs, Leslie Laskey, Michael Paglia and Cathy Wright, and the exhibition was covered by HEC-TV, the West End Word and Wall Street International Magazine.

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