“Peter Solow has what is in effect a private repertory company of human figures. Writ large on canvas in an unmistakable handwriting, they move in and out of high definition. Sometimes they are so sharply characterized that we feel ourselves engaged in their doings and curious as to their outcomes. But sometimes they look like members of a large group who have forfeited their individuality in response to a collective urge to run, to walk, to look and to wait.

Human destiny is Mr. Solow’s subject, whether it is treated as Ingmar Bergman treats it (in terms of private involvement, that is to say) or in terms of huge predicament that has not yet defined itself. Either way, and whether on a seashore or in an unnamed metropolis, Mr. Solow holds our attention.”

Public Collections: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
Newark Museum of Art, Newark, New Jersey
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
Samuel P. Harn Museum, Gainesville, Florida