Name: Study #1
Brand: Leo Valledor
Rating: 5 (121 reviews)

Study #1

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This artwork titled "Study #1" 1955, is a watercolor on paper by noted Filipino/American abstract and minimalist artist Leo Valledor, 1936-1989. It is unsigned. It has the San Francisco Art Association, San Francisco Museum of Art exhibit label on the back, see pictures #4 and #5. The artwork size is 9 x 5.5 inches, framed size is 12.75 x 9.75 inches. The artwork is in excellent condition, it is laid down to the backing. The original matting and frame are not in very good condition, see picture #1. they will need to be replaced. The glass was broken and we replaced it with acrylic. Please note: This artwork is one of the first exhibited by this artist, he was only 19 years old at the time. Feel free to make us an offer. About the artist: Leo Valledor (1935–1989) was a Filipino-American painter who was a pioneer of the hard-edge painting style. During the 1960s he was a member of the Park Place Gallery in Soho, New York, which exhibited many influential and significant artists of the period. He exhibited in several prominent galleries and museums, such as the Graham Gallery, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum. He was the Exhibition Director and teacher at Lone Mountain College. He was a two-time recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Artist Fellowship Grant, and was a leader of the minimalist movement in the 1970s. Valledor was born and raised in the Fillmore district of San Francisco. He was a student at the California School of Fine Arts from 1953 to 1955 under auspices of a scholarship,[1] however, as art historian Paul J. Karlstrom writes, "Despite a year as a scholarship student at CSFA, Valledor was largely self-taught, but he was gifted and quickly developed a gestural abstract style reflecting the influence of Mark Tobey. In addition to Tobey, his earliest influences were Paul Klee, Arshile Gorky, and Bradley Walker Tomlin." At the age of 19 in 1955 he had his first solo show "Compositions" at the historical Six Gallery. He showed his "Black and Blue Series." When he moved to New York City in 1961 he became a member of the influential Park Place Gallery in SoHo, further delving into his avant-garde interests of minimalism and conceptualism. It was considered the first gallery in SoHo, and included artists like Edwin Ruda, Mark di Suvero, Peter Forakis, and Forrest Myers. In New York at the Kaymar Gallery in March and April 1964 Valledor also exhibited with Sol LeWitt and Donald Judd. He also had a solo show at the Graham Gallery on Madison Avenue in New York City. In 1968 Valledor left New York returning to San Francisco. He exhibited there at such establishments as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the San Francisco Art Institute.[5] He was at the vanguard of the minimalist painting movement in the mid 1970s, and later in the seventies he exhibited at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. In the late 1970s and early 1980s Valledor became the Art Exhibition Director and teacher at Lone Mountain College in San Francisco. He was a guest teacher at the University of California,

Creator:
Leo Valledor (1936-1989, American)
Creation Year:
1955
Dimensions:
Height: 12.75 in (32.39 cm)Width: 9.75 in (24.77 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)
Medium:
Watercolor
Movement & Style:
Abstract Expressionist
Period:
Mid-20th Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
San Francisco, CA
Reference Number:
Seller: val/stu/011stDibs: LU666315629742

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