Even in this dirty world, there still are artists, artisans, and their patrons soldiering on and doing their damnedest to keep the enthusiasms of gracious living alive. Bernard Maisner is one of this army’s generals.
A fine artist, he specializes in “giant miniatures,” as he calls his oil paintings on large canvases. Inspired by illuminated manuscripts, they are exhibited in the N.Y.U. Grey Art Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, among many other venues, and they are included in the collections of the Morgan Library & Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art as well as in many private collections.
