Alfred Rogoway, Painter - Lanning Gallery [Sedona Arizona]

"Three Graces"
Oil on Board Painting
47" x 35"

Famous writer Henry Miller once said of his good friend Alfred Rogoway: “He paints as other men must dream.” Sedona’s Lanning Gallery is in a unique position to agree; at the end of Rogoway’s life, the artist made Arizona his home and Lanning his gallery.

When the artist’s daughter showed gallery owner Peggy Lanning a portfolio of her father’s work, Lanning owned only her first gallery - of Native American art. She knew nothing of Rogoway’s long history: his early triumphs in California; his mark on the New Mexico art scene of the 1940s; his acclaim from NY’s Museum of Modern Art exhibiting next to Pollack, de Kooning, Miro and Picasso. Lanning knew only what she saw in front of her and the images of Rogoway’s soulful paintings were enough to send her traveling to meet the artist himself and see his original work.

"The Lesson"
Oil on Board Painting
26" x 22"

Lanning returned home and founded her eponymous gallery to showcase Rogoway. The renowned, now 22-year-old, Classic and Contemporary art gallery is proud of its most unique genesis. “His work spoke for itself,” Lanning recalls, “Rog’s character was all there on his canvases, larger than life.” She remembers the summer Rogoway stayed in Sedona, already in his late 80s the artist drove his old yellow Volkswagen Beetle to picnic lunches with her staff. “He loved women,” Lanning says, “he could be very devious and none of us were safe! He loved to dance and drink and laugh.” She adds, “At the shows the gallery held for Rog during his lifetime he was tremendously moved that people could remain so interested in his work.”

Alfred Rogoway, Painter - A featured artist at the Lanning Gallery [Sedona Arizona]

Rogoway lived and painted all over the world and made his home in Mijas, Spain for over two decades. Five years ago, while traveling in Spain, Lanning visited the artist’s former home in the small mountaintop artists’ community. “The road his home was on is named for him,” says Lanning. “Many townspeople still remember him and I had the chance to meet some of his close friends and view their collections of Rogs. Even the elegant hotel in which we stayed had his paintings hanging in their lobby.”

The New Yorker has said of Rogoway’s paintings: “A cheerful mingling of the expressionistic and the naïve.” The New York Times has said: “His people inhabit a dreamy never-never land made very colorful.” World of Art has said: “Compassion plus form are embodied in [Rogoway’s] paintings... and convince us again of his stature.”

"A Mother's Love"
Oil on Burlap Painting
42" x 26"

"La Niña con Pelo Rojo" - Artwork by Alfred Rogoway

"La Niña con Pelo Rojo"
Oil Painting
46" x 15"

"Glowing Spirit"
Oil on Canvas Painting
39" x 29"

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"Evening Fisherman" - Artwork by Alfred Rogoway

"Evening Fisherman"
Oil on Board Painting
32" x 18"

"Fisherman in Dreamscape" - Oil Painting by Alfred Rogoway

"Fisherman in Dreamscape"
Oil on Board Painting
30" x 24"

"El Pescador" - Artwork by Alfred Rogoway

"El Pescador"
Oil on Board Painting
32" x 24"

"Musical Encounter" - Oil Painting by Alfred Rogoway

"Musical Encounter"
Oil on Board Painting
26" x 20"

"Evening Song" - Oil Painting by Alfred Rogoway

"Evening Song"
Oil on Board Painting
37" x 32"

"Tres Amigas"
Oil on Board Painting
24" x 18"

"Sister's Three"
Oil on Linen Painting
50" x 39"

The Lanning Gallery is seeking select Alfred Rogoway paintings and works on paper for consignment. Please contact the Lanning Gallery at (928) 282-6865 for more information.

Artist's prices beginning at $2,200.

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"Horse"
Linotype
15" x 8"

"Our Time"
Linotype
11" x 7"

"Walk in the Rain"
Linotype
15.5" x 8"

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