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Walter Anderson, “Laughing Gulls,” circa 1960, watercolor on canvas, 8½ by 11 inches.

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WALTER ANDERSON ON VIEW AT LUISE ROSS GALLERY W/1 CUT

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NEW YORK CITY —  Luise Ross Gallery presents its 13th exhibition since 1985, when the gallery opened, of Walter Anderson’s extensive body of watercolors and drawings.

The exhibition will focus on the artist’s favorite subject, the birds on the Gulf Coast, as well as the sea life that shares an almost psychological affinity with him.

Executed in pencil and pen and ink, the aviary and aquatic life are drawn directly from Anderson’s observation. His watercolors are characterized by brilliant color and attitudinal certainty.

Walter Inglis Anderson (1903–1965) was born in New Orleans and spent most of his life on the Mississippi Gulf coast. On Horn Island, where he lived for weeks at a time, he experienced the natural world, observing its forms and seasons. From his student years at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, to his institutionalization, his serene life at Oldfields, to his defining period on Horn Island, Anderson achieved a unity with nature, catching its essence. A master watercolorist who was “more in love with nature than art,” he achieved a balance of abstraction and objectivity.

Anderson’s work is represented in many museum collections and has been exhibited widely. In 1991, the Walter Anderson Museum of Art opened in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.

The gallery is at 511 West 25 Street, Suite 307. For information, 212-343-2161 or www.luiserossgallery.com.