Robert Bonaparte Abstract Expressionist Large Oil Painting

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Robert Bonaparte Abstract Expressionist Large Oil Painting

About the Item

This is a wonderful original oil painting on large linen canvas. It is by Robert Bonaparte, signed vertically on right edge, and dated 1983. He has an interesting bio, with nice association with artist Ed Ruscha. There is touch up on right edge, with paint loss on right edge as well, pictured. There is poss. slight paint loss to very top left corner too. This is a great abstract expressionist piece. Bio from askart, Matthews gallery of Santa Fe, NM. : Robert Bonaparte was born in 1933 and grew up in Oklahoma City where he was boyhood friends with Ed Ruscha. In an oral history interview conducted for the archives of American Art, Ruscha mentions that he was first exposed to art-making by his friend “Bob” Bonaparte who lived two doors away. He recalled that Bonaparte was “able to draw very well” and that Bonaparte “drew cartoons and he introduced me to the first factor in my life with art, which was India ink”. In 1959, Bonaparte and other young Oklahoma artists including Ruscha, Joe Goode, Jerry McMillan, and Mason Williams moved to Los Angeles in order to get involved with the burgeoning art scene there. Bonaparte’s work features soft fauvist colors, a subtle sense of whimsy and an occasional nod toward surrealism. Many of his works have enigmatic narrative components that invite the viewer to consider an underlying story but never fully reveal it. A set of apparent personal symbols reappear in many of his paintings further adding to the enigmatic and cryptic nature of some of his artworks. In addition to his paintings, Bonaparte has had work published by Hamilton Press in Los Angeles. The Press was founded by Tamarind Master Printer Ed Hamilton and Ed Ruscha. In 2007, Bonaparte exhibited an installation of 21 oil paintings in a group show at the Untitled Gallery in Oklahoma City along with works by Ed Ruscha, Joe Goode, Jerry McMillan, Mason Williams and Lee Mullican.

Creator:
Robert Bonaparte (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 66 in (167.64 cm)Width: 66 in (167.64 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
Style:
Expressionist (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Linen,Paint
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
Late 20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
1983
Condition:
Minor losses. touch up and minor paint loss to right edge, poss. minor loss to upper left edge as well, or just thin.
Seller Location:
Tulsa, OK
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU237638394743