Syril Frank

Two 1960s Birthday Collages by Syril Frank, Expressionist

1966

Syril Frank (American, 1929-2021) Untitled, c. 1963 Oil on canvas 36 x 45 3/4 in. Syril Harriet Frank was born in Brooklyn to Israel and Mina Kaplan. She ...

Mystery Artist Untitled, 20th Century Oil on canvas 38 x 36 x 1 1/2 in.

Claire Burch (American, 1925-2009) Untitled, 20th century Oil on canvas 24 x 30 in. Framed: 31 2/3 x 37 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. Signed lower right: Claire Burch After attending grade school in Brooklyn, Burch completed a commercial art course at Washington Irving High School in Manhattan and received her B.A. in English from NYU. In the suburbs of Great Neck, New York, she first began writing poetry and articles which were published in Life magazine, The New Republic, Mademoiselle, McCall's, Saturday Review, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, and numerous literary quarterlies and anthologies.[1] Burch also developed a career as a psychiatric writer, publishing two books on the subject: Careers in Psychiatry and Stranger in the Family. In the early 1970s Burch became a playwright and painter. Her play Ten Cents a Dance was optioned to be directed by José Quintero, the famous O'Neill interpreter. Burch wrote a total of seven plays and several folk operas, but eventually moved on to filmmaking and video anthropology—she was an early adapter of video as a medium. In 1978, Burch moved to California with her longtime companion Mark Weiman, publisher and owner of Berkeley's Regent Press. She had endured a series of illnesses and wanted to escape the harsh climate of Manhattan. Burch gained insight and inspiration from insanity and the often unexpected behavior associated with it. She would often videotape homeless people in People's Park and Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, which were collected in her film People's Park in Berkeley: Then and Now. The film documented the dispute between homeless activists and the University of California from the riots of 1969 through 1996 by interviewing park "regulars," and profiling the events surrounding the deaths of park supporters James Rector and Rosebud Denovo.[2] She also produced documentaries on noted cultural figures such as James Baldwin (whom she knew as a teenager), Timothy Leary and Country Joe McDonald. Also of note was Oracle Rising, a film about the legendary psychedelic newspaper The SF Oracle published in the Haight-Ashbury district during the Summer of Love. Her last completed film was Elegy for the Naked Guy...

Syril Frank (American, 1929-2021) Untitled, c. 1963 Oil on canvas 44 x 48 in. Provenance: Estate of the Artist Syril Harriet Frank was born in Brooklyn t...

Syril Frank (American, 1929-2021) Untitled, c. 1963 Oil on canvas 44 1/2 x 47 3/4 in. Syril Harriet Frank was born in Brooklyn to Israel and Mina Kaplan. ...

Syril Frank (American, 1929-2021) Untitled, 1963 Oil on canvas 50 1/4 x 48 x 3/4 in. Dated verso: June 1963 Provenance: Estate of the Artist Syril Harrie...

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This abstract painting is illustrating the ancient writer symbols and drawing attention to the accient writer acrylic on canvas on 100x80 cm canvas

Perpetual abstract painting illustrating the everlasting continuity of the circle of life and the universe it's speaking world with out ending

Large-scale abstract assemblage by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of his work. Unframed. Circa 2010. Canvas size...

Large-scale abstract assemblage by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Lively assemblage with various items: Paintings, small mirrors, biological illustrations of bird...