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 hung in the West Wing of the White House at President Obama's request from 2009-2010.
It was also on display in the U.S. Senate office of Senator Obama and later Senator Dick Durbin. It is now in the collection of the Obama Presidential Center Museum.
Illinois Corn Crib #25, 1974. Acrylic and oil on canvas. 43" x 66" NFS. Private collection.
Illinois Corncrib #28, 1974, oil and acrylic on canvas, 43" x 67”. NFS. Private collection.
Illinois Landscape #41, 1980, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 60" x 84” NFS. Private collection.
Illinois Landscape #24, 1977-78, 60x84" Oil and Acrylic on Canvas. NFS. Private collection.
Landscape #224, 2010. 60" x 84". Acrylic and oil on canvas. Available.
Landscape #253, "View from a Train", 2015. 18" x 42". Acrylic on canvas. Available.
Illinois Landscape Series 2 #23, 1979, 20" x 28”, watercolor on paper. NFS. Private collection.
Landscape #259, 2017. 18" x 90". Acrylic on canvas. Private Collection.
Landscape #258, 2017. 15" x 68". Acrylic on canvas. Private Collection
Landscape #160, "Greywacke Arch", Central Park, New York City, 2000. 18" x 90". Acrylic on canvas. NFS. Private collection.
Illinois Landscape #150, 1998, Panorama 18” x 90”, oil and acrylic on canvas. Private Collection.
