Eric Fischl (1948 - Present)

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Born in New York City and raised on Long Island, Eric Fischl is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker. Fischl studied art at Phoenix College, Arizona State University, and California Institute of the Arts. After his art education, Fischl moved to Chicago, working as a guard at the Museum of Contemporary Art. While in Chicago, Fischl was exposed to artists like Ed Paschke and Jim Nutt, both of whom highly influenced his work. In 1974, he taught painting at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Fischl's earlier paintings have a consistent theme of adolescent sexuality and voyeurism. One of which, Sleepwalker (1979), depicts a young boy masturbating into a pool. One of his most controversial pieces, Tumbling Woman, was debuted in New York in response to September 11 and reminded the viewers of people falling from the World Trade Center. Much of Fischl's work has been compared to Edgar Degas's work.  Fischl has collaborated with the Museum Haus Easters in Krefeld, Germany, Jamaica Kincaid, E. L. Doctorow, and Frederic Tuten. 

Currently, Fischl is a senior critic at the New York Academy of Art. His latest paintings focus on the centuries-old tradition of bull fighting, specifically with the Corrida goyesca de Ronda. These large paintings incorporate luminous colors juxtaposed with deep foreboding shadows. Fischl is now living and working in Sag Harbor, Long Island.