Arthur Levi Rainville
“Just as Robert Henri is to painters, so is Arthur Rainville to photographers – the Poet Laureate of Photography.”-Darrell Chirtty, Louisiana. Arthur Levi Rainville has been called, “…one of our industry’s premier creative minds.” Known for enticing photographers to be more innovative in their imagery and their business, Arthur continues to travel the country speaking with groups hungry for his inspirational message. Working out of his studio in historic Whitinsville, Massachusetts for almost 40 years, he is known for his soft, granular color work. Refinements of this life’s passion lead to his lyrical Mansuesco style of today. Defying a definable formula, Mansuesco, much like Impressionism, is a plurality of looks. An innate quality of light coupled with a compositional choreography is akin to his signature style. In a recent one-man show at the French Cultural Center, his work was astutely referred to as “…a synthesis of observation and imagination blended with a palette of gauzy colors.” Returning photographic Portraiture to an art form is his muse. Arthur has taught professionally for 24 years and currently serves as Director of the prestigious New England School of Photography in Boston. He is an author, a noted touring lecturer and has work being shown throughout the United States, South America and Europe. His current fine art project is a book on the Venetian Burano School of Art and he is completing a non-photographic book, “Lessons from a Mockingbird.” |