Fields of dream: born a Mennonite farm boy in Pennsylvania, Warren Rohrer channeled his feeling for the land into abstract paintings whose "fields" of color take on an enliveningly literal connotation. Two Philadelphia shows offered a look at his unusual career.(Biography) From: Art in America | Date: January 1, 2004| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2004 Brant Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Simply looking at the shimmering squares of Warren Rohrer's late abstract paintings, you would not guess the cultural distance he traveled to create them. By the time a teenaged Rohrer was photographed wearing a minister's collar at a Mennonite college in the 1940s, he had already distanced himself from family expectations and an agrarian childhood that could have belonged to the 18th century. From that moment to his mature work represents an even longer, more improbable leap.

The Philadelphia-based Rohrer, who died in 1995 at age 67, followed a career path characterized by ...

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