保罗·雷西卡(Paul Reseka)1928年生于纽约,是美国当代现实主义画家,他与美国抽象表现主义画家是同代人,并且目睹了抽象表现主义的胜利。1946年,雷西卡成为霍夫曼的学生。那位抽象表现主义大师虽然极力鼓吹抽象绘画,但却始终认为自然是创作的源泉。两年后雷西卡还是离开了霍夫曼,因为他说:“我不知道怎样画一个裸体,一只手或者一段衣纹。”他选择了现实主义,并不是由于一时的冲动,而是决心到一个孤立无援的领域作一番冒险。 Born in New York in 1928, Paul Reseka, an American contemporary realist painter, was the same generation as American abstract expressionist painters and witnessed the victory of abstract expressionism. In 1946, Reicika became Hoffman’s student. Although the master of abstract expressionism strongly advocated abstract painting, he always considered nature as the source of creation. Two years later, Reiche left Hoffman because he said: “I do not know how to draw a nude, a hand or a piece of clothing.” He chose realism, not because of impulse, but Determined to come to an isolated area of ​​adventure.