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Adolf BencaLarge Figurative Abstract Expressionist Textured Painting Adolf Benca
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Abstract oil painting on stretched canvas featuring figures against a dark brown background. Signed upper left.
Adolf Benca was born in Bratislava, Slovakia in 1959. He immigrated to the United States in 1969 and he studied at the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, and received a Master's of Fine Art from the Columbia University College.
Adolf Benca (born 1959, in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia), is an American Post war/ Contemporary painter of Slovakian origin.
Benca was born on 16 May 1959, in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. He was the older of two children, the younger being his sister Lubica. His family immigrated to the United States when he was ten years old, in 1969. From 1969 to 1973 he attended the Elementary Private School in Chicago. He attended Grayslake High School in Illinois between 1973 and 1977. He became interested in art very early in his life, attending several art schools in Chicago while he was an elementary student.
In 1966, while he was still living in Czechoslovakia, he was already illustrating children's books. In 1968, a year prior to his family emigrating from Czechoslovakia, because of Russian occupation of Bratislava, his family moved to Vienna, where young Benca became interested in philosophy and started painting mythological themes and subjects. He participated in a few young artist programs in 1970 and 1971.
Adolf Benca studied and graduated from several universities. From 1977 to 1981 he studied at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, art school in New York, where he received his B.F.A. (Bachelor of Fine Arts) degree. For the next four years (1982–1985) he studied at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, graduating at 1987, receiving the title of Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.). From 1987 to 1988 he studied the human anatomy at the University of Bologna in Italy where he received the title "Doctor honoris causa" (Dr.h.c.) in the area of anatomy. At University Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland he received the title "Doctor honoris causa" in the area of philosophy. As he was receiving his titles and studied, Benca continued to paint and exhibit his works in many galleries around the world, many of his paintings ending up in private collections.
In 1985 he became a member of the Swizzero di Roma.
In 1987 he became a member of the French Academy in Rome.
In 1988 he became a member of the American Academy in Rome.
In 1994 he became a member of the Swedish Institute in Rome.
In 2000 he became a member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin.
After "the Fall of the Iron Curtain" he decided to continue his career in Central and Eastern Europe.
In 2002 he started his work in Prague, and was awarded the award of the "Masaryk Academy".
In 2012 Adolf Benca and the "Bratislava's ship company" a.d. (Bratislavská lodná spoločnosť a. s ) have founded the company "Adolf Benca Académia s.r.o.". He was included in Bomb Magazine Painters & Writers No. 4 Along with William Wegman, David Salle, Nancy Spero, Francesco Clemente, Julian Schnabel, Pat Steir, and more. His works can be found all over the world, in private collections, as well as exhibits at museums, such as "Metropolitan Museum" and "Museum of Modern Art" in New York.
Select Museums
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY – MoMA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
National Art Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, The University of Oklahoma
High Museum of Art Atlanta
Musei Vatican, Vatican, Rome
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection, Little Rock, Arkansas
Henry Art Gallery at the University of Washington, Seattle
Contemporary Art Museum, Tel Aviv
Art Museum, Hong Kong
Floating Galleries of the Slovakia, Bratislava
National Gallery of the Slovakia, Bratislava
Select group exhibitions
Matica Slovenska, "Cultural Revolutions", Martin, Slovakia
United Nations, Artists From Slovakia
Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection
Achim Moeller Fine Art, New York
Achim Moeller Fine Art, Salon des Beaux Arts, Paris
Kennesaw State College, Marietta, Georgia
Gallery Three Zero, New York, AMFAR benefit
The Cooper Union, "Good Work"
Stuart Levy Gallery, New York
Twining Gallery, New York, Drawings on War
M-13 Gallery, New York
Czechoslovak Society of Arts & Sciences, Washington, D.C.
Queens Museum, New York
The Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture, University of Tennessee
Brenda Kroos Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Deborah Sharpe Gallery, New York
Czechoslovak Society of Arts & Sciences, Montreal
Paul Olsen Gallery, New York
Allan Stone Gallery, New York
Alexander Carlson Gallery
His artworks have been exhibited in the European Parliament since the chairmanship of the Slovak Republic of the European Union.
- Creator:Adolf Benca (1959)
- Dimensions:Height: 36.5 in (92.71 cm)Width: 34.5 in (87.63 cm)
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- Condition:minor wear.
- Gallery Location:Surfside, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU38216588802
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