Writer’s Eye 2024 Spotlight Talk: Leonardo Nierman, Meditation

Join UVA educators for information and guided observation of Leonardo Nierman’s Meditation in this Writer’s Eye 2024 Spotlight Talk created for The Fralin Museum of Art’s 38th annual ekphrastic writing program. Leonardo Nierman (1932-2023) trained as a violinist for much of his early life before graduating from college with a degree in physics and mathematics. As an artist, Nierman sought to unite his love of music and his fascination with the natural sciences. He achieved this by studying the relationship between abstract art and cosmic phenomena, allowing his studies to influence his own visual language. Meditation explores Nierman’s interest in the “creative violence” of nature. His gestural brushstrokes create sharp highlights and shadows, providing the illusion of movement within the painting. Nierman united his passion for physics, mathematics, and classical music through visual art.