Abel Warshawsky Figurative Paintings
American, 1883-1962
Largely a painter known for his busy, Impressionistic scenes of life on the streets of Paris, Abel Warshawsky spent about 30 years in France. He mastered two styles: his own variant of French impressionism and a striking realism, which he applied to his many penetrating and superb portraits. While his street scenes are modern in their depiction of boisterous, fleeting contemporary activity, the portraits embody the spirit of Old Europe. Their sincerity and integrity have a counterpart in the portraits of Charles W. Hawthorne, the great teacher of Provincetown.
Warshawsky, born in Pennsylvania and was raised in Cleveland. He began his studies at the Cleveland Art Institute under Frederick Carl Gottwald. Then the artist went to the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design in New York: as teachers he listed H. Siddons Mowbray, Louis Loeb, and Winslow Homer.
Like many twentieth-century impressionists, Warshawsky maintained the impressionist's favorite subject matter, urban life, but later abandoned the closely juxtaposed, regular brushstrokes for broad areas of color. His bird's-eye views of the boulevards of Paris recall Monet's famous Boulevard des Capucines, complete with "tongue-lickings" to represent pedestrians, and some of his works are highly impressionistic. Washer Women at Goyen is especially stunning with its limited palette of green and violet, its expressive use of controlled impasto, the delicate surfaces of the building, rendered all in violet, and the freely painted ripples of water below.
Warshawsky's The Memories of an American Impressionist, written in 1931, describes an American artist's life in Paris, ca. 1909 to 1930. His preferred hangout was the Café du Dôme on the boulevard Montparnasse, where "meeting one's fellow craftsmen — talking shop, and exchanging ideas in general — was the main diversionAt the Dôme, Warshawsky met Richard Emil Miller, Lionel Walden, Max Bohm, Frederick Frieseke, Lawton Parker, Louis Ritman, the modernists Alfred Maurer, John Marin, Jules Pascin and Signac: in short, more than a handful of expatriates who made the Café du Dôme their lively art club, intellectual hub, and social center.
Warshawsky painted at Vernon, not far from Giverny; the accommodations were cheaper than those at Giverny.. Later he was joined by Leon Kroll, Ivan Olinsky, and Samuel Halpert. During the war years, Warshawsky volunteered to manage a labor squad at a supply warehouse. Warshawsky packed all of the 1920s into the last chapter. The relentless heat of the Midwest, lingering "Victorian" dress codes, and Prohibition drove Warshawsky back to France, where he was made a chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur. For a while, he was involved with the artists' colony on the Spanish island of Mallorca. The events of the second world war made it necessary for Warshawsky to return to the States; he settled on the Monterey Peninsula and was active in the Carmel Art Association. The artist died in Monterey on 31 May 1962. to
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Artist: Abel Warshawsky
Mural Study, Early 20th Century American Impressionist Painting
By Abel Warshawsky
Located in Beachwood, OH
Abel Warshawsky (American, 1883-1962)
Mural Study
Oil on board
Signed and inscribed verso
9.5 x 18 inches
15.75 x 24.25 inches, framed
Impressionist painter A.G. Warshawsky was acti...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Abel Warshawsky Figurative Paintings
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The Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape
By Abel Warshawsky
Located in Beachwood, OH
Abel Warshawsky (American, 1883-1962)
The Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, 1909
Oil on panel
Signed and dated lower right, titled verso
8.5 x 10.5 inches
13.75 x 16 inches, framed
Impressionist painter A.G. Warshawsky was active in Cleveland, Paris and Monterey, California. Although Warshawsky is known as a classic Impressionist, he is also known for using a realistic style in his portraiture.
Warshawsky was born in 1883 in Sharon, Pennsylvania to Ezekial and Ida Warshawsky, Jewish immigrants from Poland. The family then moved to Cleveland, Ohio. His brother Alexander (Xander) also became an accomplished painter in his own right.
Warshawsky graduated from the Cleveland School of Art in 1900, taught by Louis Rorimer...
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Spring Fantasy, Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape
By Abel Warshawsky
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Abel Warshawsky (American 1883-1962)
Spring Fantasy, 1948
Oil on artist's board
Signed lower right and verso
16 x 13 inches
20 x 17 inches, framed
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Mid Century Portrait of Artist Doris Rohr of Carmel
By Abel Warshawsky
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century portrait of Carmel artist Doris Estelle Rohr by listed California artist Abel George (Buck) Warshawsky (American, 1883-1962). Signed "A.G. Warshawsky Dec. 22 52...
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Early 20th Century Harbor Scene Seascape/Landscape Painting
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Located in Beachwood, OH
Abel Warshawsky, American (1883-1962)
Harbor Scene
Oil on Canvas
Signed lower right
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17 x 20 inches framed
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Abel Warshawsky Figurative Paintings
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Spanish Beauty (Portrait of the Artist's Wife)
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Spanish Beauty (Portrait of the Artist's Wife)
Oil on canvas, c. 1940's
Signed upper right "A.G. Warshawsky" (see photo)
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Still Life w/ Flowers, Bust & Parisian Scene, American Impressionist
By Abel Warshawsky
Located in Beachwood, OH
Abel Warshawsky (American, 1883-1962)
Still Life
Oil on canvas
Signed upper right
32 x 25.5 inches
Provenance: From the Alexander Warshawsky Estate
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Mid Century Portrait of Wine Enologist Claude Wolf
By Abel Warshawsky
Located in Soquel, CA
Wine Enologist Claude Wolf - Mid Century Portrait
A stately mid-century portrait of Claude Wolf (1904-1973), a vintner Enologist by Abel George Warshawsky...
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1950s Photorealist Abel Warshawsky Figurative Paintings
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