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Edward Arcenio Chavez Abstract Sculptures

American, 1917-1995
Born in Wagonmound, New Mexico, Eduardo Chavez was an illustrator, muralist, genre and landscape painter, sculptor, and lithographer. He studied at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center with Boardman Robinson, Frank Mechau, Arnold Blanch, and Peppino Mangravite. Before serving in the army during WWII, Chavez painted many murals in the west. When he was demobilized from the army after WWII, he went to live in Woodstock, New York with his wife, artist Jenne Magafan. A new artistic climate developed in Woodstock after WWII. There was an influx of artists from the West and Midwest in Woodstock. Some of the these artists were Bruce Currie, Fletcher Martin, Edward Millman, Mitchell Siporin, Herman Cherry, Denny Winters, and Jenne Magafan’s sister, Ethel Magafan. In 1947, the Art Students League reestablished a summer school in Woodstock, as it had left in 1922. Chavez once remarked that even if he did not find stimulus for painting in Woodstock, he still liked living there. Chavez was a member of the Woodstock Art Association, the National Academy of Design, and the National Society of Mural Painters. He won a two-thousand dollar Tiffany Grant in 1948, the Fulbright Award in 1951, and the Childe Hassam Award in 1953. He was an instructor of art at the Art Students League from 1954 to 1958, a visiting professor of art at Colorado College from 1959 to 1960, and a professor of art at Syracuse University from 1960 to 1962.
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Artist: Edward Arcenio Chavez
Eduardo Chavez Mid-Century Modern Abstract Painted Metal Tabletop Sculpture Art
Eduardo Chavez Mid-Century Modern Abstract Painted Metal Tabletop Sculpture Art

Eduardo Chavez Mid-Century Modern Abstract Painted Metal Tabletop Sculpture Art

By Edward Arcenio Chavez

Located in Denver, CO

A dynamic mid-century abstract painted metal sculpture by acclaimed American Modernist Eduardo (Edward Arcenio) Chavez (1917–1995). Constructed from intersecting steel planes and fin...

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20th Century Abstract Edward Arcenio Chavez Abstract Sculptures

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Metal

Eduardo Chavez “Chama” Abstract Bronze Sculpture, 1966
Eduardo Chavez “Chama” Abstract Bronze Sculpture, 1966

Eduardo Chavez “Chama” Abstract Bronze Sculpture, 1966

By Edward Arcenio Chavez

Located in Denver, CO

A refined mid-century abstract bronze sculpture by Eduardo (Edward Arcenio) Chavez (1917–1995), titled Chama and created circa 1966. Cast in bronze and presented on its original wooden base, the sculpture demonstrates Chavez’s sophisticated approach to organic form, abstraction and modernist design. The fluid, sculptural composition combines gently curved and angular forms into a balanced arrangement that changes character from every viewpoint. Its warm bronze surface and compact scale give the work an intimate yet commanding presence, making it particularly effective as a tabletop sculpture, desk sculpture or small-scale modernist centerpiece. Born in Wagon Mound, New Mexico, Chavez was a versatile American artist whose career encompassed sculpture, mural painting, illustration, lithography and painting. He studied at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, where he worked with influential artists including Boardman Robinson and Frank Mechau. His early career included mural commissions throughout the American West before his service during World War II. After the war, Chavez and his wife, painter Jenne Magafan, became part of the vibrant postwar art community in Woodstock, New York. He went on to receive a Tiffany Grant in 1948, a Fulbright Award in 1951 and the Childe Hassam Award in 1953. He was also a member of the Woodstock Art Association, the National Academy of Design and the National Society of Mural Painters, and taught at the Art Students League of New York, Colorado College and Syracuse University. Chama is an especially appealing example of Chavez’s American modernist sculpture, bringing together his Southwestern background with the formal experimentation of mid-century American abstraction. Details: Bronze Original wooden base Titled Chama By Eduardo (Edward Arcenio) Chavez American, 1917–1995 Circa 1966 Height: 7 ¼ in. Width: 10 in. Depth: 3 ¼ in. Condition: Good An exceptional choice for collectors of Eduardo Chavez...

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