Jose H. AlvarengaThe Genie, Oil Painting2021
2021
About the Item
Artist Comments
"I wanted to represent the genie by replicating a specific detail from Pedro Americo´s painting titled 'The Night with Genuises of Study and Love,'" shares artist Jose H. Alvarenga. "Pedro Americo was a 19th Century Brazilian academic painter contemporary of Bouguereau. He is one of my favorite painters and inspirations."
About the Artist
Jose’s soft still life paintings are like visual puns. He creates relationships between objects that evoke both amusement and contemplation in the viewer. By devising a clever dialogue between objects, Jose turns a still life into a story. Jose utilizes a classical realist style with a gentle nod to surrealism through his unique subject selections. He is inspired by everyday objects, particularly those with a quality of nostalgia, memory, or humor. Jose paints out of his Los Angeles area apartment, where he also enjoys playing the keyboard and reading art books.
Words that describe this painting: still life, classical realism, genie, figure, Harnett, Academic, Bouguereau, figurative, woman, nude, oilpaint, nudes, still life, classical, oil painting, beige
The Genie
Jose H. Alvarenga
Oil painting on composite board
Varnished and Ready to frame
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2021
14 in. h x 18 in. w x .25 in. d
0 lbs. 8 oz.
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- Creation Year:2021
- Dimensions:Height: 14 in (35.56 cm)Width: 18 in (45.72 cm)Depth: 0.25 in (6.35 mm)
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- Condition:The Genie. Jose H. Alvarenga. Oil painting on composite board. Varnished and Ready to frame. One-of-a-kind. Signed on front.
- Gallery Location:San Francisco, CA
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