Walter Stuempfig is a stoop-shouldered Philadelphian ... In Stuempfig’s case, romantic art seemed to mean painting that sacrificed everything else to mood. His The Old Man, one of the hits ...

At 37, Walter Stuempfig has earned a niche for himself as one of the nation’s foremost “romantic” painters (TIME, Dec. 12, 1949). The subject of much of his romanticism: the streets and ...

This live art-making class is inspired by Walter Stuempfig’s oil painting Still Life (20th century). In this session, we will explore drawing drapery with a focus on the anatomy of folds and creases.