page_title: Francis Cunningham (painter)
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Francis Cunningham (painter) / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Tyringham Valley, East to Hale Farm-20x60-1979
context_page_description: Francis Cunningham is an American figurative painter known for working across three genres – nude, landscape and still-life—and for being an influential teacher. He co-founded the New Brooklyn School of Life, Painting, Drawing & Sculpture, Inc., and the New York Academy of Art.
context_section_description: Cunningham has had one-man shows in Washington, Chicago and New York, where he exhibited at the Waverly, Harry Salpeter and Hirschl & Adler galleries. He has had one-man shows in Stockholm and Copenhagen and has participated in group exhibitions extensively in the U.S. He is known for his landscapes of the Berkshires and his life-size anatomically functional paintings of nudes, a topic he explores in his book, “Unframing the Nude," to be published October 2013, in conjunction with his Century Masters Exhibition at The Century Association in NYC.
  Cunningham currently maintains studios in NYC and Mill River, Massachusetts. His work includes landscape, still-life and the human figure, an unusual triumvirate of genres for contemporary figurative artists. He is the author of numerous articles, including "Color Spots, Form and Space," Linea, Art Students League of NY, vol. 4, No. 1, pp 10–22.
  Cunningham's work belongs to private and public collections internationally. He is represented by Laurel Tracey Gallery in Red Bank, New Jersey.
caption: Tyringham Valley, East to Hale Farm, 1979, 20 x 60 in. (50.8 x 152.4 cm)
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