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(1923-2011) is known for the reportage style of his realist landscapes and still lifes. His landscapes were painted en plein aire without preparatory drawing in order to capture the unique evanescence of natural light. His still lifes were painted in his studio in a trompe l’oeil realism. Stave’s achievements in landscape painting were celebrated in 1981 with a one man exhibition at the Newark Museum. His landscape painting is a kind of meditation. He connects the viewer to what is local but through his art lets us see it for the first time. Beauty not fashion guides his art. He informs our experience of reality by leading us with his artistic perceptions. The unique light of the Jersey Shore or the array of brightly colored bottles and tins that make up his art are delights that remain.George Stave

(1909-1985) first came to Princeton University as…