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Leon Dolice Art

American, Austrian, 1892-1960

Leon Dolice, born in Vienna on August 14, 1892, even as a young boy, preferred the lure of painting to the scholastic studies which his early years had expected of him. His father was a machinist, which exposed the boy to welding and metal crafts. However, his interest in art led him to abandon a secure future in the family business, and he spent most of his late teens and early 20s traveling through the capital cities of Europe studying the works of the masters. As with many itinerant artists, he made his way in a variety of fashions metalworker, chef, designer somehow always managing to give vent to his creative instincts. Lured by the adventure of crossing the great Atlantic and by the freedoms of the New World, he came to America in 1920. There, he was greeted by the turbulence of New York in the Roaring 20s. Finding a retreat in the European Bohemianism of Greenwich Village, he picked the streets of this landmark neighborhood as his first subjects. With the encouragement of new-found friends and artists such as George Luks and Herb Roth, he soon ventured out and devoted all his time to chronicling the architecture, back streets, dock scenes and other nostalgia that was fast disappearing from the face of Manhattan, mainly in copperplate etchings. A favorite subject for him was the Third Avenue El near one of his New York City studios on Third Avenue. He won accolades for his work, and although he traveled the East Coast recording landmarks in other cities including Washington DC, Baltimore, Chicago and Philadelphia, he always returned to his new home Manhattan. A decline in popular favor for etchings led him to put aside his plates in the late 1930s and devote some 10 years to pastels, linocuts and painting. His subject matter was almost exclusively New York City street scenes, but figurative works, country scenes and even experiments with Abstract Expressionism at the height of its new-found favor in the 1940s punctuated his career. In 1953, after learning of the forthcoming demise of the Third Avenue El, in the shadow of which he had maintained his studio for over a decade, he once again took to his plates and press and created a final series of Third Avenue and or other New York City landmarks that were then threatened with extinction. His work brings to light aspects of nostalgic New York that survives today only in small part, whether in architecture or spirit. Dolce's works are in several notable museums and private collections, including the Museum of the City of New York; the Print Collection of The New York Public Library; The New-York Historical Society; the Georgetown University Library; The Philadelphia Print Club and others. In the past few years, his work has been exhibited at Hofstra University Museum of Art, Long Island, New York; with the Montauk Artists' Association, Montauk, New York and at the Tribeca Gallery, New York City. An exhibition of his works on paper was held from February 28 to March 14, 2003, at the Belleclaire Hotel at 250 West 77th Street and Broadway in New York City. Featuring historic street and landmark scenes of New York City created from 1920 through 1952, it was held as a tribute to New York, which had been sharply in the world's focus following the events of the previous six months.

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Leon Dolice, (Washington Square, New York City)
By Leon Dolice
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice managed to capture New York City moments and places dear to all New Yorkers. This view of the arch in Washington Square Park is a perfect example. It's shown from Fifth A...
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1920s Ashcan School Leon Dolice Art

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Intaglio

Clearing Skies, Chrysler Building, New York City, Pastel, Art Deco
By Leon Dolice
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Vienna, Austria in 1892, Leon Dolice spent his late teens and early twenties traveling through the capital cities of Europe studying the works of the Masters. He immigrated t...
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1930s Modern Leon Dolice Art

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Pastel

“Trinity Church, Wall Street”
By Leon Dolice
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil pastel on archival paper by the well known American artist, Leon Dolice. The painting depicts Trinity Church with several of the more contemporary buildings of Wall Stre...
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1930s Modern Leon Dolice Art

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Oil Pastel, Archival Paper

Leon Dolice Chrysler Building at Night
By Leon Dolice
Located in San Francisco, CA
Leon Dolice: 1892-1960. Well listed American artist with Auction results as high as $6000 for a pastel of the Chrysler building. This is exactly what you want in a Dolice. A tonalist...
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1940s Tonalist Leon Dolice Art

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Pastel

"New York Harbor View, " Leon Dolice, Cityscape Skyline from the River
By Leon Dolice
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice View from New York Harbor, circa 1960 Signed lower left Oil on canvas 26 x 44 inches Provenance: Private Collection, Boston Private Collection, Worcester, Massachusetts Leon Dolice was one of the masters of the New York City street scene in the decades between the world wars. He showed an unquenchable fascination with the built urban environment and combined it with an interest in modernist technique and a knowledge of European art. His work helped to redefine realist painting and remains a brooding tribute and memorial to the New York of the 1920s and 1930s. Dolice was born in Vienna, Austria in 1892, the son of a machinist. As a young man, he worked as an illustrator and stage designer and traveled the capital cities of Europe, studying the works of the ‘old masters.’ At age 28, Dolice immigrated to New York City and moved to Greenwich Village, then in its first Bohemian incarnation. Dolice developed a friendship with George Luks and became proficient at the art of copperplate etching. Dolice owned an art gallery and studio in his home on Third Avenue and 32nd street where he sold his depictions of the city. One of his favorite subjects was the Third Avenue El, directly adjacent to this studio, but he also traveled the eastern coast, painting urban scenes in Washington D.C., Baltimore, and Philadelphia. Dolice’s New York City etchings...
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1960s Modern Leon Dolice Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Rainy Day, New York City" Modernist Urban Cityscape Mid-Century Street Scene
By Leon Dolice
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice (1982 - 1960) Rainy Day, New York City, circa 1940 Oil on canvasboard 20 x 16 inches Signed on the reverse Provenance: Private Collection, Massachusetts Private Collecti...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Leon Dolice Art

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Oil, Board

New York Skyline, NY; East River
By Leon Dolice
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on medium stock, cream wove paper, 5 15/16 x 10 3/16 inches (151 x 259 mm), full margins. Signed and titled in pencil, lower margin. A fine and detailed impression in dark bl...
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1930s American Modern Leon Dolice Art

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Etching, Archival Paper

"New York City Harbor (Brooklyn Bridge), " Leon Dolice, East River, Mid-Century
By Leon Dolice
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice (1892 - 1960) New York Harbor (Brooklyn Bridge), circa 1930-40 Pastel on paper 12 x 19 inches Signed lower right Provenance: Spanierman Gallery, New York The romantic b...
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1930s American Modern Leon Dolice Art

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Paper, Pastel

"New York City Harbor" Leon Dolice, Downtown Skyline, East and Hudson River
By Leon Dolice
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice (1892 - 1960) New York Harbor Skyline at Twilight (Searching), circa 1930-40 Pastel on paper 12 x 19 inches Signed lower left Provenance: Spanierman Gallery, New York T...
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1930s American Modern Leon Dolice Art

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Paper, Pastel

Manhattan Skyline
By Leon Dolice
Located in Sheffield, MA
Leon Dolice American, 1892-1960 Manhattan Skyline Pastel on paper 19 by 12 in. W/frame 25 by 18 in. Signed lower right The romantic backdrop of Vi...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Leon Dolice Art

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Pastel

Manhattan Skyline
By Leon Dolice
Located in Sheffield, MA
Leon Dolice American, 1892-1960 Manhattan Skyline Pastel on paper 19 by 12 in. W/frame 25 by 18 in. Signed lower right The romantic backdrop of Vi...
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1930s Post-Impressionist Leon Dolice Art

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Pastel

“Brooklyn Bridge”
By Leon Dolice
Located in Southampton, NY
View of the Brooklyn Bridge at night. Oil pastel on archival paper by the American artist, Leon Dolice. Signed lower right. Circa 1950. Condition: exc...
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1950s Post-Modern Leon Dolice Art

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Archival Paper, Oil Pastel

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Leon Dolice Empire State Building, circa 1930-40 Signed lower right Pastel on paper 19 x 12 inches Provenance: Spanierman Gallery, New York The romantic backdrop of Vienna at the turn of the century had a life-long influence upon the young man who was someday to be spoken of as showing promise of becoming "one of the greatest etchers of all time". Leon Dolice, born in Vienna on August 14, 1892, even as a young boy, preferred the lure of painting to the scholastic studies which his early years had expected of him. His father was a machinist, which exposed the boy to welding and metal crafts. However, his interest in art led him to abandon a secure future in the family business, and he spent most of his late teens and early twenties traveling through the capital cities of Europe studying the works of the Masters. As with many itinerant artists, he made his way in a variety of fashions metalworker, chef, designer somehow always managing to give vent to his creative instincts. Lured by the adventure of crossing the great Atlantic and by the freedoms of the New World, he came to America in 1920. There he was greeted by the turbulence of New York in the Roaring Twenties. Finding a retreat in the European Bohemianism of Greenwich Village, he picked the streets of this landmark neighborhood as his first subjects. With the encouragement of new found...
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Located in New York, NY
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"Chrysler Building, " Leon Dolice, New York City, Mid-Century Modern Street View
By Leon Dolice
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice (1892 - 1960) Chrysler Building, New York City Pastel on paper Sight 9 1/2 x 6 inches Signed lower right Provenance: Private Collection, Maine The romantic backdrop of ...
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"Empire State Building, " Leon Dolice, New York City, Mid-Century Modern Street
By Leon Dolice
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice (1892 - 1960) Empire State Building, New York City Pastel on paper Sight 9 1/2 x 6 inches Signed lower right Provenance: Private Collection, Maine The romantic backdrop...
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"Trinity Church, " Leon Dolice, New York City, Mid-Century Modern Street View
By Leon Dolice
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice (1892 - 1960) Trinity Church, New York City Pastel on paper Sight 9 1/2 x 6 inches Signed lower right Provenance: Private Collection, Maine The romantic backdrop of Vie...
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"Chrysler Building" New York City Winter Snowstorm, Mid-Century Modern View
By Leon Dolice
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice (1892 - 1960) Chrysler Building, New York City Pastel on paper Sight 11 x 6 3/4 inches Signed lower right The romantic backdrop of Vienna at the turn of the century had ...
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EMPIRE STATE BUILDING Drawing Modern Modernism WPA Mid-Century NYC
By Leon Dolice
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice( 1982- 1960) EMPIRE STATE BUILDING, 11 x 6 1/2 inches (sight), mixed media, signed lower right. Born in Vienna, Dolice came to America in 1920. There he was greeted by t...
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Times Square
By Leon Dolice
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
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East Side
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