Marcia Myers (1949-2008)
SCAVI CXVI
fresco on linen
85" x 72" triptych (SOLD)
SCAVI CVII
fresco on linen
85" x 72" triptych
About the Artist
Marcia Myers (1949-2008) studied at the Philadelphia College of Art and received her MFA painting from George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
She was an American painter known for her large-scale Color Field abstractions inspired by ancient Roman mural painting. Myers traveled to Italy on a Fulbright Grant where she studied Roman frescoes dating back to 1st century CE at the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Drawn to these ancient murals, Myers set out to develop a modern fresco technique highlighting the wall paintings’ abstract motifs. The result was a unique artistic style that places mid-century abstraction in dialogue with painting dating back to antiquity, as if Mark Rothko had traveled to ancient Rome. Even her materials—such as marble dust and natural pigments like ochre and lapis lazuli—make reference to those used by ancient masters.
Her works are in numerous public and corporate collections around the world, including the Boise Art Museum; Roswell Museum and Art Center; The Carnegie Institute; USEU Mission and Residence in Brussels; the University of Kentucky Art Museum; and the Denver Art Museum, among others.
