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Framed Size: 59 x 81 x 1 3/4 inches; Painting Size: 50 x 72 x 1 3/4 in. The work is in a mahogany stained wood frame that was custom designed by the artist.
This work is from the artist earlier works from the late 1990's. It was exhibited in 2000 at James Graham & Sons Gallery on Madison Avenue in New York. This work is the last work available from the two shows the artist had at James Graham & Sons which he kept in his personal collection.
The painting shows a school of Arowanas on the Amazon river with one fish jumping from one canvas to the next in its search for food. In the background, you can see a large Arapaima fish. And in the foreground a fleeting school of Tetras.
This painting is reproduced in the catalogue published by James Graham & Sons at the occasion of the exhibition, Andre von Morisse, March 2- 25, 2000, Essay by Dominique Nahas, page 11, illus. in color. The catalogue accompanies the work.
- Creator:Andre Von Morisse (1966, Norwegian)
- Dimensions:Height: 50 in (127 cm)Width: 72 in (182.88 cm)Depth: 1.75 in (4.45 cm)
- More Editions & Sizes:uniquePrice: $40,000
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- Condition:In good condition with original artist frame. The work is on two panels framed. Its elegant and reproduced in catalogue.
- Gallery Location:Cody, WY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2152211786332
Andre Von Morisse
ANDRE VON MORISSE (Norwegian, b. 1966 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in the US) Von Morisse is a conceptual painter, interested in exploring aspects of human psychology and how we interact with the world. With his work End of a New Dawn, reviewed by Jonathan Goodman in Art in America (Oct. 2005, p.180), he was the Winner of the Best New Contemporary Artists Award 2005 at the Kunstnerenes Hus Museum in Oslo, Norway. End of a New Dawn explores relationship between painting and photography “reversing" the traditional roles of the two mediums by using paintings as the starting point for an elaborate and intricate photographic process. Andre von Morisse was born in Oslo, Norway in 1966 and came to America in 1978. In 1990, he graduated cum laude from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA and moved to New York in 1991. His works were featured in many group shows in galleries and museums in the US: Kunstnerenes Hus Oslo, Norway; The Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC; Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL; Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI; Museum of Southwest Texas, Midland, TX ; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX. He had solo exhibitions with Silas Von Morisse Gallery (2016 & 2018), McKenzie Fine Art (2005 & 2003), and James Graham and Sons (2000, 1997) in New York, NY. His work was reviewed in: Artsy (2018), Artcritical (2018), Two Coats of Paint (2018), Artnet news (2017), The Vienna Psychoanalyst (2016), Photograph (2016), New York Times T Magazine (2014), ELLE Girl Japan (2014), Blouin Art Info (2014), Luxe Immo (2013), Art News (2007), The Morning News (2007), Art in America (2005), New York Magazine (2003), Artnet (2000), and Review (1997). His art has often been featured by Norway’s main dailies Aftenposten and VG, Kunst Art magazine (2013), as well as Norwegian-American newspaper & the Norway Times. Von Morisse’s paintings are held in prominent private and corporate collections in the US: Kemper Funds Art Collection, Zurich Kemper Investments, Chicago, IL; Nycomed, New York, NY; Ron Bailey (former Whitney Museum Trustee), James Cameron (director Avatar & Titanic), Renny Harlin, (director), to name a few.
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