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Edward Marecak Mixed Media

1919-1993

Edward Marecak was an American painter who was born in 1919. Growing up in the farming community of Brunswick, Ohio, he showed early artistic promise, hired by the National Youth Administration to document historic barns. In 1946, Marecak came to the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center for a year and after a semester interlude at Cranbrook returned to study lithography with Lawrence Barrett. There he also met his future wife and sometime collaborator, ceramicist Theresa Madonna Fortin. Given the opportunity to teach a summer course at the University of Colorado, he decided to obtain a teaching certificate at the University of Denver and subsequently embarked on his 25-year career in the Denver Public School system. Rather than pursue fame, Edward Marecak directed his zeal toward fostering younger generations in the principles of art as well as his simple philosophies. Moreover, his teaching salary allowed him to ply his prodigious talent at whatever he pleased, instead of bending to the dictates of trends and sales. Having inherited his faith in education from his Slovakian immigrant parents, Marecak could add the shaping of lives to his mastery of art forms, including lithographs, monoprints, drawings, hooked rugs, ceramics, paintings, wood sculptures, stained-glass windows and jewelry. While exhibiting in his lifetime, he was, in his wife’s words, “his own greatest collector”, but shows and his popularity at the Kirkland Museum have positioned Marecak posthumously among Colorado’s pre-eminent modernists. As a child, Marecak was enthralled by the Carpathian tales of magic and supernatural beings told by his grandmother. As with other artists with roots in Eastern Europe, his artistic turn to folk tradition would free him from learned practices of perspective and modeling in favor of flat patterns within patterns and brilliant, throbbing color. While others ventured further into abstraction, Marecak stylized figurative elements into crowded compositions that appeared like a mosaic or stained glass. As he matured, he could declare, “I am still very much a Byzantine designer and my joy with what color can do grows all the time”. The traceries of strong outlines and bold shapes provide compartments for vibrant colors, contrasts and rough textures that can scarcely be contained. The Kirkland Museum staged a retrospective of Edward and Donna Marecak in 2007.

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Artist: Edward Marecak
Edward Marecak “Mystic Ladders” Mid-Century Abstract Mixed Media Painting
By Edward Marecak
Located in Denver, CO
"Mystic Ladders" is an original mid-20th century abstract painting by noted Denver modernist Edward Marecak (1919–1993), a pivotal figure in Colorado’s postwar art movement. Executed...
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1960s Abstract Geometric Edward Marecak Mixed Media

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Pastel, Acrylic

“Witches Banner” 1960s Abstract Painting by Edward Marecak, Signed, Unframed
By Edward Marecak
Located in Denver, CO
Witches Banner is an original mid-century abstract painting by celebrated Denver modernist Edward Marecak (1919–1993), created circa 1960s. This bold, expressionistic work features r...
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1960s Abstract Geometric Edward Marecak Mixed Media

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Crayon, Acrylic

Witches Entrance 1960s Abstract Geometric Composition, Figures in Red Green Blue
By Edward Marecak
Located in Denver, CO
A dynamic and boldly imaginative work by celebrated mid-century Denver artist Edward Marecak, "Witches Entrance" is an original abstract painting dating to the 1960s. Rich in color a...
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1960s Abstract Geometric Edward Marecak Mixed Media

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Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Frost Flowers, 1960s Mid-Century Pastel & Ink Drawing in Grayscale Tones
By Edward Marecak
Located in Denver, CO
Frost Flowers is an original circa 1965 mixed media drawing by celebrated Denver-based artist Edward Marecak. Executed in pastel and ink on paper, thi...
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1960s Abstract Edward Marecak Mixed Media

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Oil Pastel, Ink

Edward Marecak Abstract Painting – The Garden, 1960s Mixed Media on Paper
By Edward Marecak
Located in Denver, CO
“The Garden” is a striking, original 1960s abstract mixed media artwork by celebrated American artist Edward Marecak (1919–1993). Created using burnished crayon and acrylic on paper,...
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1960s Abstract Edward Marecak Mixed Media

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Crayon, Acrylic

“X Marks the Spot” by Edward Marecak, 1960s Abstract Denver Modernist Art
By Edward Marecak
Located in Denver, CO
“X Marks the Spot” is a striking 1960s abstract mixed media painting by renowned Denver artist Edward Marecak (1919–1993). Executed in acrylic and pastel on paper, the composition sh...
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1960s Abstract Edward Marecak Mixed Media

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Pastel, Acrylic

1970s Abstract Mixed Media Painting, Acrylic & Crayon, Moody Dark Purple, Black
By Edward Marecak
Located in Denver, CO
This abstract mixed media painting, created by renowned Denver artist Edward Marecak (1919-1993), combines crayon and acrylic paint in a striking geometric composition. The artwork f...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Edward Marecak Mixed Media

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Crayon, Acrylic

Edward Marecak Mid-Century Modern Abstract Painting, "Winter Palace" 1960s
By Edward Marecak
Located in Denver, CO
"Winter Palace" is a captivating abstract painting on paper by 20th Century Denver artist Edward Marecak (1919–1993). Created circa the 1960s, this ethereal work combines acrylic and...
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1960s Abstract Edward Marecak Mixed Media

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor

Mid-Century Modern Abstract Ink & Acrylic Painting in Green, Brown & White Tones
By Edward Marecak
Located in Denver, CO
This striking ink and acrylic on paper abstract artwork, titled Mystic Writing, was created by acclaimed Denver artist Edward Marecak (1919-1993). Featuring mystical symbols enclosed...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Edward Marecak Mixed Media

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Ink, Acrylic

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