Janice Haefner

'Blue Pierrot', Large Figural Oil, California Modernist, Woman Artist, Los Altos

Circa 1960

Signed lower right, 'A.Danitschek' for Amanda Danitschek (American, born 1956) and painted circa 2010. Additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'No One Said It Would Be Easy'. A substantial Modernist figural oil showing a view of a man dressed in a multi-colored coat and leaning away from a scumbled, parchment and ivory background. Born in Delano, California, Amanda Danitschek first studied art and design at San Jose City College and, subsequently, at West Valley College, Saratoga. Danitschek explores her fascination with postures, expressions, and colors in her collages and paintings through unconventionally observed figures that often appear untethered from the physical world. Speaking of her work, the artist has said: "My figurative paintings are a menagerie of quirky creatures that evoke a curious sense of dislocation. They are redolent of actors in a play, characters from a novel and depression-era survivors. I am fascinated by postures, expressions, colors and textures. I eliminate detail so that the persona is left with only their essence. The alternative reality is shared with birds, boats and ethereal costumes. The stage is set and the figures are finding their path; their role in life." (with thanks to the artist's website) Selected Exhibitions 2021 - San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, Revisiting the Vessel 2021 - San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, Finding Spaces Exhibit 2020 - San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, Brushstrokes, Juror's Award of Excellence 2018 - John Natsoulas Gallery, 2nd International Figurative Biennale 2016 - John Natsoulas Gallery, Amanda & Mark Danitschek Collaborative Show 2015 - John Natsoulas Gallery, The Art of Painting in the 21st Century, Davis CA 2015 - John Natsoulas Gallery, Bark Show, Davis CA 2014 - John Natsoulas Gallery, Small Works Show, Davis CA 2014 - John Natsoulas Gallery, The Art of Painting in the 21st Century (Catalog), Davis CA 2014 - John Natsoulas Gallery, Bark Show, Davis CA 2014 - Lilify Gallery, Solo Show, Monterey CA 2013 - ACGA Juried Members Show, Brea CA 2012 - Lark Books, 500 Prints on Clay 2011 - Pacific Art...

Signed lower right, 'Fiedler' (20th century) and painted circa 1965. A sensitively realized study of a young boy dressed for a costume party as Arlequino and shown gazing directly t...

Signed lower center, 'Ebenstein' titled verso, 'Seduction' and painted circa 1966. Accompanied by 1966 exhibition label from Barzansky Galleries, New York. A substantial, Expression...

Initialed lower left, 'A.D.' for Amanda Danitschek (American, born 1956) and painted circa 2010. Additionally signed twice, verso, and titled, 'Against All Odds (12 Stories)' A substantial Modernist figural oil showing a view of a woman standing before an azure band of distant ocean. Born in Delano, California, Amanda Danitschek first studied art and design at San Jose City College and, subsequently, at West Valley College, Saratoga. Danitschek explores her fascination with postures, expressions, and colors in her collages and paintings through unconventionally observed figures that appear untethered from the physical world. Speaking of her work, the artist has said: "My figurative paintings are a menagerie of quirky creatures that evoke a curious sense of dislocation. They are redolent of actors in a play, characters from a novel and depression-era survivors. I am fascinated by postures, expressions, colors and textures. I eliminate detail so that the persona is left with only their essence. The alternative reality is shared with birds, boats and ethereal costumes. The stage is set and the figures are finding their path; their role in life." Selected Exhibitions 2021 - San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, Revisiting the Vessel 2021 - San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, Finding Spaces Exhibit 2020 - San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, Brushstrokes, Juror's Award of Excellence 2018 - John Natsoulas Gallery, 2nd International Figurative Biennale 2016 - John Natsoulas Gallery, Amanda & Mark Danitschek Collaborative Show 2015 - John Natsoulas Gallery, The Art of Painting in the 21st Century, Davis CA 2015 - John Natsoulas Gallery, Bark Show, Davis CA 2014 - John Natsoulas Gallery, Small Works Show, Davis CA 2014 - John Natsoulas Gallery, The Art of Painting in the 21st Century (Catalog), Davis CA 2014 - John Natsoulas Gallery, Bark Show, Davis CA 2014 - Lilify Gallery, Solo Show, Monterey CA 2013 - ACGA Juried Members Show, Brea CA 2012 - Lark Books, 500 Prints on Clay 2011 - Pacific Art...

Michael Frary (1918 - 2005) Austin Artist Image Size: 16 x 12.5 Medium: Oil "The Clown" Biography Michael Frary (1918 - 2005) Michael Frary was born in Santa Monica, California on Ma...

Wonderful monotone figurative of clown wearing a top hat with a parrot by Alice Jean Small (American 1918-2009), c. 1970. Signed lower edge. Condition: Good; some wear around edges consistent with age/use; frame is rustic and shows minor age. Image size: 28"H x 22"W. Alice Jean Small was a trained artist, graduating from the University of Washington School of Fine Arts with a Master's Degree. She continued her studies, traveling around the world and settling in California's Monterey Peninsula. Alice Jean Small was born in Sandpoint, Idaho, on December 11, 1918. She studied art at the Derbyshire School of Art and she went on to obtain a Master of Fine Arts Degree in water color from the University of Washington School of Fine Arts. Following her graduation, she studied at many universities in both the United States as well as foreign countries, learning from artists such as Amedee Ozenfant, Emilio...

Blue Harleking - a beautiful piece from Berlins' Harleking series. This mesmerising painting is cooler and more sculptural in its construct. The sculptural quality & cooler palette d...

Watercolor portrait of a clown on heavy paper by Marjorie Blake (American, 1920-1994). Signed "M. Blake" in the lower right corner. Unframed. Marjorie ...