Geoffrey Bowman was born in San Francisco on December 29, 1928. In 1946, he quit high school and joined the Navy and traveled to China, Korea, the Philippines and Hawaii. In 1948 after being discharged from the Navy, Bowman earned his high school equivalency diploma. Five years later he met and married his first wife Mill, and graduated from San Francisco State University with a BA in Social Science. During this time, he also became intensely interested in art and printmaking and began to study art formally. By 1957, Geoffrey had earned his graduate degree in art and began to teach art in San Quentin.
In 1960, Bowman left his teaching job at San Quentin to spend more time working on his art and examining Asian philosophy at the American Academy of Asian Studies in San Francisco. During this time to support himself and his wife, Bowman drove a taxi at night so that he could have his days free to work in the studio. In 1964, he joined the art faculty at San Jose State University and moved to San Jose and became a full professor in 1973. Bowman taught at SJSU for 29 years, specializing in lithography and intaglio printmaking techniques. At the same time, he was deeply involved in his work and accumulated an impressive professional exhibition record, and his work was exhibited regionally, nationally and internationally.
Bowman's work is in several public permanent collections, including the San Jose Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Art, Achenbach Foundation of Graphic Arts San Francisco, Lannan Foundation New York and Crown Press Berkeley. After retiring from teaching in 1994, Bowman turned to paint as his primary medium of expression. Although there was a media shift, he continued to focus on one subject, the consistency of change. Bowman became quite private in his later years and had his last one-man public exhibition in 2001 at the Fredrick Spratt Gallery, San Jose. Bowman died in San Jose, California, on October 9, 2009.
(Biography provided by Robert Azensky Fine Art)
"Orange Row", Abstract Geometric Minimalist Composition w Ovals, Limited Edition
By Geoffrey Bowman
Located in Soquel, CA
"Orange Row", Abstract Geometric Minimalist Composition w Ovals, Limited Edition Delicate and perfect ovals in orange, yellow, red, and blue are purposefully arranged on lined paper...
Paper, Ink, Lithograph, Etching
$800
H 21.25 in W 32.28 in
Spanish artist original 1975 lithograph on canvas book cover for Rafael Alberti
By Joan Miró
Located in Miami, FL
Joan Miro (Spain, 1893-1983) 'Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró (cobertura para el estuche)', 1975 lithograph on canvas 21.5 x 32.25 x 21 in. (54 x 82 cm.) Edition of 1500 Unframed ID: MIR2001-014 It is documented in Cramer, P (1992). Miró Litographer V (1972-1975). Maeght Éditeur, pp 162-163. No. 1051. Artwork history: At the end of 1971 Rafael Alberti wrote from Rome to Joan Miró in the following terms “(…) I think I have news that you liked my folder...
Lithograph, Canvas, Ink
Original World Cup USA 94 - Coca Cola Soccer poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original World Cup USA ’94, Coca Cola sponsored vintage poster. Archival linen backed in A- condition, ready to frame. This World Cup ’94 poster is very rarely seen or available....
Offset
$3,000
H 29.53 in W 29.53 in
Universal Vaccination, Digital Print, 75x75cm, Mexican Abstract, 2022
By Pedro Friedeberg
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Universal Vaccination, by Pedro Friedeberg - Digital Print - 75 x 75 cm - Mexican Abstract, c. 2022 Vacunación Universal (2022) is unique for its extraordinary density of imagery ...
Digital
$4,500
H 39.5 in W 23.5 in
Frank Stella - NY State Columbus Centenary, Lithograph, Hand Signed, Ed. of 100
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
Frank Stella The New York State Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Commission, 1991 Offset Lithograph Printed in Colors Signed and dated by the artist in ink on the lower right fron...
Ink, Lithograph, Offset
$2,000
H 39 in W 25 in
Richard Anuszkiewicz Celebrate New York, hand signed inscribed silkscreen poster
By Richard Anuszkiewicz
Located in New York, NY
Richard Anuszkiewicz Celebrate New York (hand signed limited edition poster), 1974 Silkscreen on wove paper Hand-signed by artist, signed, dated and inscribed "to Lowell" on the fron...
Screen
$1,000
H 31 in W 23 in
Paul von Ringelheim - American Flag III Hard Edge Minimalist silkscreen Signed/N
By Paul von Ringelheim
Located in New York, NY
PAUL VON RINGELHEIM American Flag III, 1979 Silkscreen in Colors on wove paper Signed and numbered in graphite pencil on the lower margin front 31 × 23 inches Unframed Hand signed an...
Screen
$2,625
H 28 in W 34 in D 1 in
Un Vase De Terre Crue Et Le T Du Nom De Tapies, Etching, Signed Ed. of 85, 1988
By Antoni Tàpies
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Etching on paper. Published by Francois Bénichou, Paris. Galfetti 1215-1217. Frame size approx 28 x 34 inches. Artwork is in excellent condit...
Paper, Etching
$583Sale Price|50% Off
H 27.56 in W 23.63 in D 0.04 in
With fire and sword. 1977, Paper, linocut, print size 55x50 cm; total 70x60 cm
By Dainis Rozkalns
Located in Riga, LV
With fire and sword. 1977, Paper, linocut, print size 55x50 cm; total 70x60 cm Dainis Rozkalns (1928 - 2018) Artist, graphic artist, illustrator of folklore and fiction publication...
Paper, Linocut
Living Painting - Colour Pochoir
By (after) Sonia Delaunay
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
after Sonia Delaunay Full-page, colour pochoir after costume designs by Sonia Delaunay Edition 331/500 copies on Velin Aussedat Dimensions: 28.5 x 19.5 cm. From 27 Living Paintings. [Milano, Edizioni del Naviglio, 1969]. Jacques Damase. Robes Poèmes, Introduction. Text by Guillaume Apollinaire and Blaise Cendrars. Sonia Delaunay was known for her vivid use of color and her bold, abstract patterns, breaking down traditional distinctions between the fine and applied arts as an artist, designer and printmaker. Born Sarah Stern on November 14, 1885 in Gradizhsk, Ukraine, she was adopted in 1890 by her maternal uncle, Henri Terk, a lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and learning several foreign languages. In 1903, she moved to Germany to study drawing with Ludwig Schmidt-Reutler (1863–1909) at the Karlsruhe academy of fine arts; Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), composer-to-be, was among her classmates there. In 1905, she traveled to Paris where she attended art classes at the Académie de la Palette, learned printmaking from Rudolf Grossman (1889–1941), and met Amédée Ozenfant (1886–1966), André Dunoyer de Segonzac (1884–1974), and Jean-Louis Boussingault (1883–1943). Sonia spent much of her time at exhibitions and galleries in Paris, which showed works by Paul Cézanne, Vincent Van Gogh, Pierre Bonnard, and Edouard Vuillard, as well as Les Fauves, Henri Matisse and André Derain. She did, however, maintain contact with Germany, exhibiting at the Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin, in 1913, 1920 and 1921. During her first year in Paris, Sonia met the German collector and art-dealer, Wilhelm Uhde (1874–1947), whom she married on December 5, 1908, and whose Montparnasse gallery, the Galerie Notre-Dame des Champs, showed her first solo exhibition. Through Uhde, Sonia encountered many painters, including Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Maurice de Vlaminck, and Robert Delaunay (1885–1941). In 1910, Sonia divorced Uhde by mutual agreement, married Delaunay that same year, and gave birth to their son, Charles, in January 1911. Together Sonia and Robert Delaunay pursued the study of color, influenced by theories of Michel-Eugène Chevreul (1786–1889). Sonia’s interest in simultaneous contrast, as evidenced in her early collages, book bindings, small painted boxes...
$1,735
H 31.11 in W 21.66 in
Abstract India Edition 3/5 Linocut Print Nature Love Purple Blue Turquoise
By Mukesh Sharma
Located in Norfolk, GB
There is a natural and raw understanding in Mukesh Sharma’s prints that both depict, and are influenced by, the Rajastani communities of his home town in rural India. In these Limite...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Linocut, Archival Pigment
$583Sale Price|50% Off
H 27.56 in W 25.6 in D 0.04 in
Fatigue. 1977, Paper, linocut, print size 55x50 cm; total 70x65 cm
By Dainis Rozkalns
Located in Riga, LV
Fatigue. 1977, Paper, linocut, print size 55x50 cm; total 70x65 cm Dainis Rozkalns (1928 - 2018) Artist, graphic artist, illustrator of folklore and fiction publications. The main ...
Paper, Linocut
$750
H 22 in W 14.75 in
Fre Soleol Bleu, Hand Signed Etching on Paper, Abstract, Edition of 65
By Johnny Friedlaender
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered on front. Limited Edition of 65. Image Size: 13 x 11 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Additional images are available upon request. Certificate of ...
Etching, Paper