Roy De Forest, Every Trapper Should Have an Indian Dog, 1960, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 67 x 69 in (170.2 x 175.3 cm) RDEF031. Collection of the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, University of California, Davis.
Roy De Forest, Untitled, c. 1960, Color pencil and graphite on paper, 19 x 24 in (48.3 x 61 cm) RDEF084
Roy De Forest, Untitled, 1962, Mixed media on paper, 23 x 30 in (58.4 x 76.2 cm) RDEF057
Roy De Forest, Life on the Pampas, 1962, Wood, acrylic, polyvinyl acetate, found objects, 32 1/2 x 31 1/2 x 6 in (82.5 x 80 x 15.2 cm) RDEF095
Roy De Forest, Untitled, 1964, Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 64 in (152.4 x 162.6 cm) RDEF066
Roy De Forest, Drawing, 1964, Color pencil and graphite on paper, 20 x 26 in (50.8 x 66 cm) RDEF081
Roy De Forest, Untitled, 1966, Color pencil and graphite on paper, 18 x 24 in (45.7 x 61 cm) RDEF082
Roy De Forest, Untitled, 1966, Color pencil and graphite on paper, 18 x 24 in (45.7 x 61 cm) RDEF083
Roy De Forest, The Problem of James R., 1968, Latex on canvas, 64 x 64 in (162.6 x 162.6 cm) RDEF030. Collection of the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, University of California, Davis.
Roy De Forest, Ship at Sea, 1970, Polymer on canvas, 22 x 22 in (55.9 x 55.9 cm) RDEF096
Roy De Forest, A Figure of Our Time, 1972, Polymer on canvas, 65 x 65 in (165.1 x 165.1 cm) RDEF067
Roy De Forest, Don’t Look a Brick Gift Horse in the Mouth, 1972, Acrylic on canvas, 66 1/8 x 59 7/8 in (168 x 152.1 cm) RDEF097
Roy De Forest, Drawing, 1974, Mixed media on paper, 22 x 29 in (55.9 x 73.7 cm) RDEF086
Roy De Forest, Among the Lilies, 1974, Polymer on canvas, 66 x 72 in (167.6 x 182.9 cm) RDEF098
Roy De Forest, Drawing, 1975, Mixed media on paper, 22 1/4 x 30 in (56.5 x 76.2 cm) RDEF089
Roy De Forest, Drawing, 1976, Mixed media on paper, 22 1/2 x 30 in (57.1 x 76.2 cm) RDEF087
Roy De Forest, Drawing, 1976, Mixed media on paper, 22 1/2 x 30 in (57.1 x 76.2 cm) RDEF088
Roy De Forest, In Arcadia Equus, 1977, Colored pencil on paper, framed with collage elemengs, 36 x 26 1/4 x 10 in (91.4 x 66.7 x 25.4 cm) RDEF001
Roy De Forest, Untitled, 1977, Pastel and graphite on paper, 20 x 26 in (50.8 x 66 cm) RDEF002
Roy De Forest, Untitled, 1978, Pastel on paper, 22 1/2 x 30 in (57.1 x 76.2 cm) RDEF003
Roy De Forest, Untitled, 1978, Mixed media on paper, 22 1/4 x 30 in (56.5 x 76.2 cm) RDEF085
Roy De Forest, Untitled, 1979, Pencil, crayon, paint on paper in artist's frame, 22 1/2 x 30 in (57.1 x 76.2 cm) RDEF093
Roy De Forest, Untitled, 1980, Mixed media on paper, 22 1/2 x 30 in (57.1 x 76.2 cm) RDEF091
Roy De Forest, Baja Nights, 1982, Acrylic on linen, 72 x 86 in (182.9 x 218.4 cm) RDEF079
Roy De Forest, One Life to Lead, 1986. Painted wood relief; 60 x 109 1/2 x 24 in (152.4 x 278.1 x 61 cm) RDEF017
Roy De Forest, Campfire by Moonlight, 1986, Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed on verso, Acrylic on canvas in artist's frame, 74 1/2 x 83 7/8 in (189.2 x 213 cm) RDEF100
Roy De Forest, Jungle Serenade, 1987, Acrylic on canvas, 70 1/2 x 93 in (179.1 x 236.2 cm) RDEF068
Roy De Forest, Painting the Big Painting, 1993, Acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 72 x 72 in (182.9 x 182.9 cm) RDEF065
Roy De Forest, Luck of the Red Dog, 1997, Acrylic, pastel, charcoal, ink, graphite and glitter on paper in artist's frame, 35 x 39 1/2 in (88.9 x 100.3 cm) RDEF069
Roy De Forest, Pig Farm, 2000, Acrylic and vinyl on board in artist's frame, 32 x 43 x 2 in (81.3 x 109.2 x 5.1 cm) RDEF009
Roy De Forest, The Horse, 2000, Acrylic on board; artist's frame, 26 x 26 x 2 in (66 x 66 x 5.1 cm) RDEF043
Roy De Forest, Texas, 2002, Acrylic, mixed media on board, wood, 48 x 42 x 12 in (121.9 x 106.7 x 30.5 cm) RDEF044
Roy De Forest, Untitled, 2003, Mixed media on paper with artist designed frame, 39 x 52 1/2 x 3 1/4 in (99.1 x 133.3 x 8.3 cm) RDEF007
Roy De Forest, Untitled, 2003, Acrylic and mixed media on paper with artists designed frame, 42 x 48 x 5 in (106.7 x 121.9 x 12.7 cm) RDEF070
Roy De Forest, Untitled (Panel Painting), 2005, Acrylic on panel, artist frame, 16 3/4 x 49 1/2 in (42.5 x 125.7 cm) RDEF046
Roy De Forest, Birdsong of the Working Dog, 2006, Acrylic on canvas, 62 x 64 in (157.5 x 162.6 cm) RDEF047
Roy De Forest was born in North Platte, Nebraska, in 1930. He attended the California School of Fine Arts (now the San Francisco Art Institute), and San Francisco State College, where he received his B.A. in 1953, and his M.A. in 1958. His work has been the subject of numerous solo presentations both stateside and abroad, including exhibitions at the Oakland Museum of California; Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris; ICA Boston; SFMoMA; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Candy Store Gallery, Folsom; and Dilexi Gallery, San Francisco. De Forest’s work is frequently featured in major group exhibitions, including recent presentations at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, University of California, Davis; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Matthew Marks Gallery, New York; RISD Museum, Providence; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven; and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. His work is held in numerous public collections around the world, including the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch; Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne; SFMoMA; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. De Forest lived and worked in Port Costa, California, before his death in 2007
Venus Over Manhattan Now Represents Estate of Roy De Forest
This Bay Area artist’s enduring, multifaceted achievement deserves more respect from New York than it has garnered thus far.