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Aage Christian Wiboltt'Gypsy Flute Player', Royal Academy, NY World's Fair, Pasadena, GGIE, RomanyCirca 1925
Circa 1925
About the Item
Signed lower left, 'A. C. Wiboltt' for Aage Christian (Jack) Wiboltt (Danish-American, 1894-1952) and created circa 1925.
Framed dimensions: 33.25 x 1.5 x 28 inches
A substantial, early twentieth-century, figural pastel showing a young woman wearing traditional gypsy costume and playing her flute beside a deep azure lake dotted with water-lilies.
Jack Wiboltt first trained at Copenhagen's Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen before moving to New York in 1919. In 1924, he settled in California where he lived and painted in both San Francisco and Los Angeles. For 30 years, he practiced as an easel painter and was also commissioned to paint murals including for the 1939 exposition at San Francisco and for Hollywood's Fox Theater among others He exhibited widely and with success including at the Danish Royal Academy (1913), the New York World's Fair (1939), the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939) and the Pasadena Art Institute (1932) among others.
Exhibitions:
Royal Academy, 1913; Danish Art Gallery, 1917 (1st solo); Pasadena Art Inst., 1932; Warner Gallery (LA), 1934; Modern Art Gallery (Hollywood), 1935 (solo); County Fair (LA), 1935; American Artists Congress, 1936; GGIE, 1939; NY World's Fair, 1939.
Bibliography:
Artists in California 1786-1940, Third Edition, Edan Milton Hughes: Crocker Art Museum, Sheridan Books 2002, Vol. 2, page 1189; Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 3, page 3557; Mallett’s Index of Artists, Supplement, Daniel Trowbridge Mallett, Peter Smith: New York 1948 Edition, R.R. Bowker Company 1940, page 299; Samuels’ Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West, Peggy and Harold Samuels, Castle, Book Sales, Inc. 1985 Edition, page 527; Artists of the American West, A Biographical Dictionary, Doris Dawdy, Ohio University Press, 1981, Vol. 2, page 321; Ferdinand Perret Files; California Arts and Architecture list, 1932; Los Angeles Times, 2-3-1952 (obituary).
- Creator:Aage Christian Wiboltt (1894 - 1952, Danish)
- Creation Year:Circa 1925
- Dimensions:Height: 28 in (71.12 cm)Width: 23.25 in (59.06 cm)Depth: 0.25 in (6.35 mm)
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- Condition:pastel on card laid down on archival, 8-ply cotton rag card; reduced in size, minor restoration; frame: minor losses, minor restoration; shows well; glazed with plexi-glass.
- Gallery Location:Santa Cruz, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU34412622082
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