Realist Landscapes
“Gregor’s is a traditional non-urban landscape painting: The countryside itself, and specifically that of the Midwest, with lambent, immense, unclouded skies and horizon lines, is his theme. … This image is an extraordinary (and extraordinarily subtle) marriage of observation, execution and dramatic sense, and the marriage gives Gregor’s work an expressive dimension that neither the post-impressions nor Super Realists have managed to evoke.”
– Holland Carter essay, “Harold Gregor and the American Landscape,” Harold Gregor, A New View, 1988
“I hope that my positive portrayal of the Illinois landscape contributes to a greater love and understanding of the prairie’s bountiful virtues and complexities. … I wish that my efforts might promote an awareness of our place in the larger harmonic natural order. We are part of nature and nature is part of us.”
– Harold Gregor, Harold Gregor’s Illinois
Landscape #120, 1992.
60" x 82".
Acrylic and oil on canvas.
This painting was hung in the West Wing of the White House at President Obama's request from 2009-2010.
It is on the acquisition list for the Barack Obama Presidential Library in Chicago, IL.
Illinois Corn Crib #25, 1974. Acrylic and oil on canvas. 43" x 66" NFS
Illinois Corncrib #28, 1974, oil and acrylic on canvas, 43" x 67”. NFS
Illinois Landscape #41, 1980, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 60" x 84” NFS
Illinois Landscape #24, 1977-78, 60x84" Oil and Acrylic on Canvas. NFS
Landscape #224, 2010. 60" x 84". Acrylic and oil on canvas.
Landscape #253, "View from a Train", 2015. 18" x 42". Acrylic on canvas.
Illinois Landscape Series 2 #23, 1979, 20" x 28”, watercolor on paper. NFS
Landscape #259, 2017. 18" x 90". Acrylic on canvas.
Landscape #258, 2017. 15" x 68". Acrylic on canvas.
Landscape #160, "Greywacke Arch", Central Park, New York City, 2000. 18" x 90". Acrylic on canvas.
Illinois Landscape #150, 1998, Panorama 18” x 90”, oil and acrylic on canvas
