Henry Botkin

Struggle (Study)

1958

Signed lower right: "Jason Berger". From the estate of the artist.

Signed lower left: "Botkin". Henry Botkin (1896-1983) was a mid-century American modernist equally known as a painter, a collage artist, and for his work as a proponent of abstract art. Botkin’s oeuvre can be defined by three distinct styles—School of Paris Modernism, Cubism, and Abstract Expressionism. While each of the three styles is considered distinct, music can be seen as the common thread throughout his artistic output. In the 1930s, the impact of Gershwin’s opera “Porgy and Bess” is readily apparent in works such as Woman in Boat...

Signed lower left: “Botkin”. Titled and signed verso: “Vortex / Botkin”.

Signed at bottom edge: Don Joint 15. With label verso inscribed: Don Joint 2015-16 / After St. George Slaying the Dragon / By Carlo Crivelli. Signed ver...

Forms and Colors is a lyrical study of organic shapes floating in a milky atmosphere. Red and yellow forms fill the foreground while black outlined boxes line up behind. It's a kinet...

Hunters herded the bison and drove them over the cliff, breaking their legs and rendering them immobile. Tribe members waiting below closed in with spears and bows to finish the kills.

Life. It will always ebb and flow. The fish swim and sleep. We are. We are.

I met my best friend during my freshman year at Tyler School of Art in 2008. We bonded over The Boondocks, the band Rancid, and comic books. We both wanted to be illustrators. For th...