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Ronald Shap
original Ronald Shap oil pastel character portrait - Ol' California

circa 1980

About the Item

Original oil pastel character portrait by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. "Ol' California." 17x23 inches. Signed. Only flaw to note is one chip in edge of paper, as pictured. Should not be visible when framed. Ronald Shap was born in Toledo, OH and lived most of his life in California. The brother of acclaimed portrait artist Sylvia Shap, he was a scholarship award graduate at the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1964 and completed graduate study in painting at the University of Nebraska and Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles in 1967. He was a visiting artist and instructor at BGSU in 1973-74 and worked out of his Los Angeles studio and taught drawing and anatomy at Citrus College until his retirement in 2005. ============================================= Find your perfect art piece: We have hundreds of original oil and watercolor paintings, with more added to our store every day. Please check out our other listings!
  • Creator:
    Ronald Shap (1941, American)
  • Creation Year:
    circa 1980
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 23 in (58.42 cm)Width: 17 in (43.18 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Item comes directly from artist's estate. No prior owners, but has been sitting in storage.
  • Gallery Location:
    Columbus, OH
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: Album A1stDibs: LU2409212050422
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