By Gino Hollander
Located in Buffalo, NY
Hollander's father was in the fur business, enabling the family to travel to Europe including a nine month stay in Paris. At age 13, he experienced his first adventure with a 1,000 mile bike trip up the Connecticut River Valley alone. He was a member of the United States Army's 10th Mountain Division Ski Troops and is a veteran of World War II.
In the mid-20th century, he was a successful filmmaker along with his wife Barbara Hollander before he started painting in 1960, during the abstract expressionism movement in New York City. He became one of the group that defined this movement and whom all hung out at the famous Cedar Tavern. Acrylic paint was just emerging at that time and Hollander was among the first to explore its possibilities. From 1960-1962, he had his studio and the first Hollander Gallery on Bleecker Street, in Greenwich Village. During that time his paintings sold to the likes of Jacqueline Kennedy, Steve McQueen, Norman Rockwell, and Ralph Lauren. (Hollander2008)
Despite having experienced initial success in New York, Hollander moved his family to Spain in 1962, to find his voice in painting. He often bartered paintings to support his family while he continued developing his style. Hollander and his wife Barbara took their children on archaeological trips, following the road construction crews which were building new highways throughout Spain, unearthing ancient treasures. They created Museo Hollander, renamed Pizarra Municipal Museum [1], located in an old Cortijo. The museum was to exhibit this collection of Spanish artifacts...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Gino Hollander Furniture