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He came here once and saw a painting half-finished. The canvas was totally finished above but there was nothing below, and he just said, "That can't be done. You can't do this." Then he said, "We're antithetical. You use your mind one way; I use mine another. I recognize what you're doing, but I can't imagine it."
| | - Neil Welliver describing a meeting with Fairfield Porter, quoted in Realists at Work |
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries:
 Art Institute of Chicago NEW!
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Untitled (Nude), 1974
Untitled (Canadian Geese), 1978
Salmon, 1977
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
Big Erratics, 1977
Art Collection of the Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Colombia
Brauer Museum of Art at Valparaiso University, Indiana
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Currier Gallery of Art, New Hampshire
3 paintings online (click "next")
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, New York
Dead Pine
Orlando Museum of Art, Florida NEW!
Birches
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Portland Museum of Art, Maine
Tampa Museum of Art, Florida NEW!
Cedar Pole, 1979
Pictures from Image Archives:
Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish) 
Articles and Reference Sites:
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum) 
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Time Magazine
"Neil Welliver's Cold Light", 1982 article by Robert Hughes
"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon
| Look Inside Books: | Selections from the books listed below are scanned in, in high res. Text is clearly readable and art reproductions vary from so-so to excellent. Don't miss the fact that you can usually zoom in via the "View" drop-down menu, along the top row of Amazon's Online Reader. | |
| Search Inside Books: | Same as "Look Inside", except that the entire book is scanned in, and the text is fully searchable. This is an unbelievable resource, for research and especially for previewing a book when making the decision to buy.
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Neil Welliver: Prints
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