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Erik Sprohge Art

Erik Sprohge was born in Riga, Latvia, spent his early childhood in Germany and came to Houston, Texas in 1937. At 16, he was a student of Lowell Collins and Robert Preusser, at the Museum School, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Sprohge received a degree in architecture from Rice Institute and in 1954 won the William Ward Watkin Traveling Fellowship, enabling him to travel extensively throughout Europe. He also studied painting at the Instituto Allende in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico in 1961, and at the Glassell School, Houston in 1984. In the 1970s, Sprohge was a design partner with Converse, Sprohge & Cox, Architects, after which he specialized in architectural illustration. Sprohge has been active in the Art League of Houston and has had one-man shows at Dreyer Gallery, Lantern Lane Gallery, at the Jack Meier Gallery, Lowell Collins Gallery and Watercolor Art Society-Houston, Galleries. His works can be seen in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Pennsylvania and Washington. As a watercolorist, Sprohge’s works reflect actual or remembered scenes that, while realistically rendered, portray the spirit behind the reality.

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Artist: Erik Sprohge
"Night Visions on the Rio Grande" Modern Dark Toned Abstract Figurative Triptych
By Erik Sprohge
Located in Houston, TX
Modern dark toned abstract figurative triptych painting by Erik Sprohge. The work features a mythical scene of skeletons, snakes, and ind...
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20th Century Abstract Erik Sprohge Art

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"Beach Walk" Red Figurative Hippy Painting
By Erik Sprohge
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Red toned scene with figures lined up walking down the beach. The painting was done of hippies from the 1970's. It is framed in a wooden frame. It is signed by the artist and titled....
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1970s Abstract Impressionist Erik Sprohge Art

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Acrylic

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