Born in New York City in 1916, Eyvind Earle began his prolific career at the urging of his father, Ferdinand Earle, a professional artist.  At age 10, his father gave him a choice: to read 50 pages in a book or paint one painting each day.  

From the time of his first one-man showing in France when he was 14, Mr. Earle’s fame had grown steadily.  At the age of 21 he opened at the Charles Morgan Galleries, his first of many one-man shows in New York.  Two years later at his third consecutive showing at the gallery, the response to his work was so positive that the exhibition sold out and the Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased one of his paintings for their permanent collection.

Eyvind Earle has a totally original perception of landscape.  He successfully synthesizes seemingly incongruent aspects into a singularly distinctive style:  a style which is at once mysterious, primitive, disciplined, moody and nostalgic.  His landscapes are remarkable for their suggestion of distances, landmasses and weather moods.