Ed Paschke didn’t like New York and never wanted to move there. The Chicago-born artist was quite happy here, thanks very much, and he continued to be inspired — and celebrated — by Chicago until his death in 2004.
So he probably would be relieved to know that âCobmaster,â one of his most recognizable paintings, is back home after a two-month stint at New Yorkâs Gagosian Gallery, where it appeared in a retrospective of Mr. Paschkeâs work.
Ed Paschke's "Cobmaster" (1975), one of the Chicago Imagist's signature works, returned Thursday May 13, 2010 to Elmhurst College, after a two-month exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery in New York. Hand Out
The painting — ablaze in lush greens and shocking yellows — was returned Thursday to the library at Elmhurst College, where it is part of one of the world’s largest collections of Chicago Imagist Art. The Imagist movement is known for its fantastical, disconcerting works. And for its loud and frequent disparagement of a certain East Coast metropolis.