Sherman Drexler (January 3, 1925 – July 19, 2014) was an American figurative expressionist painter[1][2][3] best known for his paintings of female nudes.
[8] Although Drexler was a figurative painter at a time when abstract expressionism enjoyed great popularity, he soon became a part of the New York School of the late 1950s and 1960s.
[10][7] Drexler's works often made reference to contemporary events, including Pete Rose's defeat by Joe DiMaggio, or mythical/biblical narratives, such as Leda and the Swan or Adam and Eve's expulsion from Eden.
Though Drexler continued his work with the female nude,[13][14] he turned his attention to representing animals, using found objects, painting on stones wood and scrap metal as his canvases.
He developed an interest in Primitivism which he displayed in 1995 in a group show featuring older artists titled "Still Working.
"[15] In 2005, the New York Times reviewer Ken Johnson described a "persuasive sense of urgency" in the work and described Drexler as a "modern cave painter".