Alicia Czechowski, notwithstanding an MFA in art from Wayne State University, is a self-taught artist, as most artists have been. As a child with a natural aptitude for drawing and a lust for sheer visual experience, she began drawing with whatever materials came to hand. Her drawing skills developed during her teens, keeping a sketchbook handy at all times with the result that she did thousands of impromptu studies from life of happenstance subjects that struck a chord, such as people and animals at rest and in motion, random objects, buildings, vistas and extempore imagined imagery.
Growing up in Detroit, Alicia Czechowski had ready access to the superb collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts. At the age of 10, she did her first copy of a painting, a still-life by Claesz, which she rendered on a much reduced scale in colored pencil, and then she did a somewhat more ambitious quarter-scale oil copy of “Trappers on the Missouri” by Bingham. Later, she did full-scale oil copies of paintings, or details of paintings, by Frans Hals, Rubens, Chardin, Gainsborough, Van Dyke, Velasquez, Fantin-Latour, Fragonard and G. D. Tiepolo in the National Gallery and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Through copying works by these artists, Czechowski's aim was to imbibe something of the virtuosic fluidity and transcendent expressiveness of their handling of the painting medium.
“Being at work with your brushes and colors in front of a living, breathing painting by one of the greats, like Hals or Velasquez, is the most potent learning experience. It is the best way to learn to paint, almost like journeying back in time and actually watching them at work at their easels,” she says.
Alicia Czechowski's work is in private collections throughout the United States, in Mexico, Germany, the U.K. and Japan. She has had solo shows in New York City, Connecticut, Maine and Wisconsin, and has exhibited widely throughout the U.S. She did over 200 freelance illustrations for The New Yorker magazine from 1988 to 1995. Czechowski has taught painting, artistic anatomy, 3-D design and drawing at Wayne State University, Portland School of Art, University of Utah, Heartwood College of Art, and was Professor of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for five years. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Rahr-West Museum, Miller Art Museum and Haggerty Museum of Art.
Nude Oil Female Figures Women Realism Expressionism Contemporary Sensual Signed
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Sauna" is an original oil painting on canvas signed by the artist Alicia Czechowski. It depicts six nude female figures lounging in a sauna. These figures have a wide variety of...
Oil
$2,400
Contemporary female artist landscape pastel drawing flowers trees signed
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Rose Farm" is an original pastel drawing by Alicia Czechowski. It depicts a variety of plants and flowers in lush greens and blues. The artist signed the piece in the lower righ...
Pastel
$3,240
Contemporary female artist watercolor flowers still life colorful signed
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Vase of Flowers & Tea Cup" is an original watercolor painting by Alicia Czechowski. This painting depicts a table set for tea in front of a red background, possibly recalling master...
Watercolor
$8,800
Contemporary female artist figure pastel self-portrait bathtub dramatic
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cream (Self-Portrait)" is an original pastel drawing signed in the lower left by the artist Alicia Czechowski. This drawing depicts the artist sitting on the edge of her bathtub app...
Pastel
$1,700
Contemporary female artist nature watercolor painting grass flowers signed
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Fringed Gentians" is an original watercolor by Alicia Czechowski. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This artwork depicts purple flowers in a lush green garden. 12 1/...
Watercolor
$3,250
Contemporary female artist parrots animal cage watercolor painting signed
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Parrots" is an original watercolor signed by Alicia Czechowski. The artist signed the piece lower right. This piece depicts six multi-colored parrots in a cage. 16 3/4" x 18" art ...
Watercolor
Contemporary female artist landscape pastel pencil drawing bridge trees signed
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Run-off Pipe, Million Dollar Bridge" is an original pastel and pencil drawing by Alicia Czechowski. The artist signed the piece lower right. This artwo...
Pastel, Pencil
$4,050
Contemporary female artist still life watercolor painting vase flowers signed
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Vase of Chrysanthemums" is an original watercolor painting by Alicia Czechowski. It depicts a vase of flowers in front of a mirror. Signed by Czechowski in the lower right corner. ...
Watercolor
$3,200
Contemporary female artist still life gouache painting vase flowers signed
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Gloxinia & Slice of Torte" is an original gouache painting by Alicia Czechowski. It depicts a basket of lush flowers and a slice of a dessert painted in a photorealist style. 20 1/...
Gouache
Contemporary female artist still life watercolor fruit realism signed
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Persimmons, Tangerines & Blue Kerchief" is an original watercolor painting by Alicia Czechowski. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This painting depicts orange persimm...
Watercolor
$3,300
Contemporary female artist still life gouache painting vase flowers signed
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Regal Lilies in a Vase" is an original gouache painting by the artist Alicia Czechowski. It is signed in the lower right. 14 3/4" x 15 3/4" art 23 1/4" x 24 3/4" frame Alicia Cze...
Gouache
$646
H 13.19 in W 9.85 in D 0.04 in
Portrait - Drawing by Jacqueline Barbet - 1938
By Jacqueline Barbet
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an artwork realized by the french Artist Jacqueline Barbet (1902-1975), in 1938. Pencil, pastel and charcoal rawing on paper. Hand-signed and dated in pencil in Roman nu...
Charcoal, Pastel, Pencil
$1,148
H 6.11 in W 9.26 in
Paul Lecomte (1842-1920) A Flowerbed, signed watercolor
By Paul Lecomte
Located in Paris, FR
Paul Lecomte (1842-1920) A Flowerbed signed lower left Watercolor on paper, 15.5 x 23.5 cm Framed : 25.5 x 33 cm This is a particularly original work by Paul Lecomte. It shows his ...
Watercolor
$980
H 11.54 in W 8.86 in
Paul Lecomte (1842-1920) L'étang à Mortefontaine, signed watercolor
By Paul Lecomte
Located in Paris, FR
Paul Lecomte (1842-1920) L'étang à Mortefontaine, an autumn landscape signed lower left Watercolor on paper, 29,3 x 22.5 cm In its original vintage frame : 46 x 39,5 cm titled on t...
Watercolor
$1,358Sale Price|20% Off
H 21.19 in W 15.16 in D 0.04 in
Botanical Studies, Watercolours on Silk on Handmade Paper, Set of Three Tulips.
By La Roche Laffitte
Located in Cotignac, FR
A set of three fine hand painted botanical watercolour studies on silk of tulips by La Roche Laffitte. The works are signed bottom right. Some are titled and numbered (see photos) Th...
Silk, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Gouache
Cherubs
By George Henry Hall
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
George Henry Hall (1825-1913). Cupids, 1875. Oil on canvas, 6 x 9.25 inches; 10 x 13.25 inches framed. Original frame with label verso. Excellent condition with no damage or restoration. Signed and dated lower right. Price on request Biography: Birth place: Manchester, NH Addresses: Primarily in NYC from 1852 Profession: Still-life, genre, portrait painter Studied: between 1849-52 in Paris and Rome; and Düsseldorf Royal Acad. with Eastman Johnson Exhibited: PAFA, 1853-68; Royal Acad., British Inst., Suffolk Street Gal., all in London, 1858-74; Brooklyn AA, 1861-81; NAD, 1862-1900; AIC, 1888; Boston AC, 1881, 1889 Member: ANA, 1853; NA, 1868; Century Assn. Work: MMA; BM; BMFA Comments: Best known for his still-lifes, he specialized in detailed and vividly colored fruit and flower...
Canvas, Oil
$1,914
H 9.45 in W 14.97 in
Seascape in Moonlight Watercolor, Impressionist, Framed, Circa 1900
Located in PARIS, FR
Jean Maxime CLAUDE Paris 1804 - Maisonf Lafitte 1904 Seascape in Moonlight Watercolor Signed lower right 24 x 38 cm sheet 36 x 51 cm frame Gilded wood frame, circa 1900...
Watercolor
$15,000
H 30.5 in W 24.5 in D 2.5 in
“Hon. George King, 1788” Pastel Portrait, Young Boy with Cricket Ball and Dog
By John Russell
Located in Yardley, PA
“Hon. George King, 1788” by John Russell (1745-1806) Regarded as Britain’s foremost pastellist, John Russell is well known for his portraits of the wealthy middle class. In particul...
Canvas, Paper, Pastel
$4,999
H 39.37 in W 25.59 in D 1.18 in
"Bolonia IV" – Oil Painting, Female Nude Beach Scene
Located in Denver, CO
"Bolonia IV" by Conrado López is a striking original 2024 painting depicting a female nude figure executed in acrylic, gold leaf, and oil on canvas. Measuring 39.37 x 25.59 x 1.18 in...
Gold Leaf
$1,615
H 10.24 in W 15.56 in
Siebe Johannes Ten Cate (1858-1908) Dordrecht under the snow, pastel signed
By Siebe Johannes Ten Cate
Located in Paris, FR
Siebe Johannes Ten Cate (1858-1908) Dordrecht under the snow Signed and located lower left Pastel on paper 26 x 39.5 cm In good condition, however, pastel is a fragile material and s...
Pastel
$2,077
H 18.12 in W 24.02 in D 0.99 in
Copper - Bath nude portraiture artwork realism oil painting modern human form
By Calvin Lai
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$6,000
H 23 in W 28 in
"Monhegan Island, Maine, " Edward Dufner, American Impressionism Landscape View
By Edward Dufner
Located in New York, NY
Edward Dufner (1872 - 1957) Monhegan Island, Maine Watercolor on paper Sight 16 x 20 inches Signed lower right With a long-time career as an art teacher and painter of both 'light' and 'dark', Edward Dufner was one of the first students of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy to earn an Albright Scholarship to study painting in New York. In Buffalo, he had exchanged odd job work for drawing lessons from architect Charles Sumner. He also earned money as an illustrator of a German-language newspaper, and in 1890 took lessons from George Bridgman at the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy. In 1893, using his scholarship, Dufner moved to Manhattan and enrolled at the Art Students League where he studied with Henry Siddons Mowbray, figure painter and muralist. He also did illustration work for Life, Harper's and Scribner's magazines. Five years later, in 1898, Dufner went to Paris where he studied at the Academy Julian with Jean-Paul Laurens and privately with James McNeill Whistler. Verification of this relationship, which has been debated by art scholars, comes from researcher Nancy Turk who located at the Smithsonian Institution two 1927 interviews given by Dufner. Turk wrote that Dufner "talks in detail about Whistler, about how he prepared his canvasas and about numerous pieces he painted. . . A great read, the interview puts to bed" the ongoing confusion about whether or not he studied with Whistler. During his time in France, Dufner summered in the south at Le Pouleu with artists Richard Emil Miller...
Paper, Watercolor
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[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Exercising En Plein Air
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas Signed in red, u.r. $3250.00 + $200.00 framing This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. “Bruce Sargeant is a mythic figure in the modern art mo...
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 15.25 in W 16.875 in
"Three Legged Turtle, " Original Watercolor signed by Alicia Czechowski
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Three Legged Turtle" is an original watercolor by Alicia Czechowski. The artist signed the piece in the lower left. This piece depicts a green, brown, and yellow turtle with three l...
Watercolor
Sold
H 21.5 in W 23.875 in
"Vase of Parrot Tulips & Irises, " a Watercolor signed by Alicia Czechowski
By Alicia Czechowski
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Vase of Parrot Tulips & Irises" is an original watercolor painting by Alicia Czechowski, who signed the piece in the lower left. This piece includes flowers in red, purple, and yell...
Watercolor