Graciela Rodo Boulanger was born in 1935 in La Paz, Bolivia. From an early age, she was surrounded by art and music due in part to her mother being a concert pianist and her father an art connoisseur. By the age of 17, she had studied both in Chile and Vienna and had exhibited paintings and given piano recitals in over five countries. At 22 she made the difficult decision to abandon her musical studies in order to devote all of her time and energy to painting and making prints.
In 1960, Boulanger held an exhibition in Argentina where she became one of the winners of the First Latin American Xylography Competition. (Xylography is a form of woodblock printmaking.) After viewing an etching by Johnny Friedlaender, she moved to Paris in 1961 where she studied under the renowned artist. During this time, she was able to improve upon her style and technique as well as gain worldwide recognition for her oil paintings, etchings and lithographs.
In 1966, Boulanger first exhibited in the United States and began to publish editions of her engravings. Within two short years, she had established her own etching studio.
In 1979, Boulanger was designated by UNICEF as the official artist for the "International Year of the Child" poster. The Metropolitan Opera of New York commissioned Boulanger's poster for their performance of Mozart's The Magic Flute in 1986. The World Federation of the UN Associations chose one of Boulanger’s paintings in 1993 to use on a stamp and as a limited-edition print. The proceeds benefitted the preservation of endangered species.
In 2005, Boulanger left Paris and moved back to her home in La Paz, Bolivia, where her daughter Sandra and her grandchildren have been a constant source of inspiration for her art.
Today Boulanger’s work, which is known worldwide for the artist’s stylized treatment of the continuous theme of children, can be seen in museums such as La Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris, the Modern Art Center in Zurich and the Museum of Modern Art of Latin America. Boulanger has participated in more than 150 exhibitions on all five continents.
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(Biography provided by R Alexander Fine Art)
Au Repos
By Graciela Rodo Boulanger
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Au Repos (At Rest)" 1983 is an original color lithograph on paper by noted Bolivian artist Graciela Rodo Boulanger, b.1935. It is hand signed and numbered 157/20...
Lithograph
Les Petit Rats, Ballerinas
By Graciela Rodo Boulanger
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Les Petit Rats, Ballerinas" c.1980 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by noted Bolivian artist Graciela Rodo Boulanger, b.1935. It is hand signed and numbered XLII/C in pencil by the artist. The image size is 22.5 x 18 inches, framed size is 36 x 30.75 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold leaf frame, with off white matting and gold color spacer. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Born in La Paz, Bolivia in 1935, Graciela Rodo Boulanger was raised in an artistic environment. Her mother, a concert pianist, and her father, a businessman and art connoisseur, nurtured her talents. She studied the piano and at age 11 enrolled in the School of Fine Arts. At 17 she went to Vienna to study both art and music, and at 22 shetravelled to Argentina for the stimulating artistic environment of Buenos Aires. Continuing to study both piano and painting...
Lithograph
City Children Playing
By Graciela Rodo Boulanger
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "City Children Playing" c.1970 is an original colors etching with aquatint on paper by noted Bolivian artist Graciela Rodo Boulanger, b.1935. It is hand signed and numbe...
Etching, Aquatint
Les Petit Rats, Ballerinas II
By Graciela Rodo Boulanger
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Les Petit Rats, Ballerinas II" c.1980 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by noted Bolivian artist Graciela Rodo Boulanger, b.1935. It is hand signed and numbered XLII/C in pencil by the artist. The image size is 22.5 x 18 inches, framed size is 36 x 30.75 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold leaf frame, with off white matting and gold color spacer. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Born in La Paz, Bolivia in 1935, Graciela Rodo Boulanger was raised in an artistic environment. Her mother, a concert pianist, and her father, a businessman and art connoisseur, nurtured her talents. She studied the piano and at age 11 enrolled in the School of Fine Arts. At 17 she went to Vienna to study both art and music, and at 22 shetravelled to Argentina for the stimulating artistic environment of Buenos Aires. Continuing to study both piano and painting...
Lithograph
Les Petit Rats, Ballerinas VI
By Graciela Rodo Boulanger
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Les Petit Rats, Ballerinas VI" c.1980 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by noted Bolivian artist Graciela Rodo Boulanger, b.1935. It is hand signed and numbered XLII/C in pencil by the artist. The image size is 22.75 x 18 inches, sheet size is 30 x 22.15 inches. About the artist: Born in La Paz, Bolivia in 1935, Graciela Rodo Boulanger was raised in an artistic environment. Her mother, a concert pianist, and her father, a businessman and art connoisseur, nurtured her talents. She studied the piano and at age 11 enrolled in the School of Fine Arts. At 17 she went to Vienna to study both art and music, and at 22 shetravelled to Argentina for the stimulating artistic environment of Buenos Aires. Continuing to study both piano and painting...
Lithograph
$175
Adoration du Belier, offset lithograph by Graciela Rodo Boulanger
By Graciela Rodo Boulanger
Located in Long Island City, NY
In a style similar to Modigliani, Boulanger depicts a saint holding a baby and crossing the water on the back of a ram (Belier in French). This poster was printed as a reproduction o...
Offset
Graciela Rodo Boulanger Children on horses
By Graciela Rodo Boulanger
Located in San Francisco, CA
Graciela Rodo Boulanger: she is a Bolivian artist born in 1935. She is best known for her paintings and prints of children. This beautiful colored lithograph sold for over $1800 at a...
Lithograph
The Violinist signed Graciela Rodo Boulanger Limited Edition Artist's Proof
By Graciela Rodo Boulanger
Located in New York, NY
This limited edition artist's proof lithograph, titled "The Violinist", is a remarkable work by the celebrated Bolivian artist Graciela Rodo Boulanger, created circa 1980. Known for ...
Lithograph
Les Petit Rats, Ballerinas V
By Graciela Rodo Boulanger
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Les Petit Rats, Ballerinas V" c.1980 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by noted Bolivian artist Graciela Rodo Boulanger, b.1935. It is hand signed and numbered XLII/C in pencil by the artist. The image size is 22.5 x 18 inches, framed size is 36 x 30.75 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold leaf frame, with off white matting and gold color spacer. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Born in La Paz, Bolivia in 1935, Graciela Rodo Boulanger was raised in an artistic environment. Her mother, a concert pianist, and her father, a businessman and art connoisseur, nurtured her talents. She studied the piano and at age 11 enrolled in the School of Fine Arts. At 17 she went to Vienna to study both art and music, and at 22 shetravelled to Argentina for the stimulating artistic environment of Buenos Aires. Continuing to study both piano and painting...
Lithograph
LE BALLON VERT
By Graciela Rodo Boulanger
Located in Portland, ME
Rodo-Boulanger, Graciela. LE BALLON VERT. Lublin 20. Etching with aquatint in colors, 1967. Edition of 100. Numbered 31/100 and signed in pencil. 21 1/8 x 17...
Etching, Aquatint
The Bible : Daniel the Prophet - Original Lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) The Bible, Daniel the Prophet Original lithography (Mourlot Workshop) On paper 37 x 26.5 cm (c. 14.5 x 10.2 in) Second illustration on back, see photo no...
Lithograph
$995
H 20.5 in W 37.5 in
Henri Matisse Lithograph, Modern, 1958, La Perruch et la Sirene, The Last Works
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse (after) Title: La Perruch et la Sirene Portfolio: The Last Works of Henri Matisse Medium: Lithograph Date: 1958 Edition: 2000 Frame Siz...
Lithograph
$1,600
H 12.75 in W 8.5 in D 0.1 in
Arnold Rönnebeck, Grand Lake Yacht Races, Colorado Modernist Lithograph
By Arnold Rönnebeck
Located in Denver, CO
A striking 1930s modernist lithograph by Arnold Rönnebeck (1885–1947), depicting sailboats racing across Grand Lake beneath the dramatic peaks of the Colora...
Lithograph
I Am The Last Of My Kind
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
Published by the Royal Academy
Lithograph, Offset
Pablo Picasso - Jeu de la Cape - Lithograph
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Lithograph by Picasso Atelier Mourlot. Paper: Vélin. Dimensions : 9 5/8 x 12 7/16 inches Reference: Bloch 1015 Picasso is not just a man and his work. Picasso is always a legend, ...
Lithograph
$2,650
H 23.25 in W 18.5 in D 1.5 in
Arnold Ronnebeck 1937 Gregory Point Colorado Lithograph Modernist
By Arnold Rönnebeck
Located in Denver, CO
A rare and highly collectible original 1937 lithograph by Arnold Ronnebeck, this striking composition depicts a historic home at Gregory Point near Central City, Colorado, rendered t...
Paper, Lithograph
$500
H 24 in W 19.5 in
Georgia O'Keeffe - Limited Edition Flower Poster with beautiful Friendship Quote
By Georgia O'Keeffe
Located in New York, NY
Georgia O'Keeffe, Red Poppy poster, with Friendship Quote, 1987 "Still - in a way - nobody sees a flower - it is so small - we haven't time- and to see takes time, like to have a fr...
Lithograph, Offset
Georges Braque - Original Lithograph
By Georges Braque
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Georges Braque - Original Lithograph 1963 Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm Andre Sauret, Monte Carlo The father of Cubism Three Cubist that distinguishes art historian periods were initiated and developed by Georges Braque: The Cubist Cézanne (1907-1909), Executive (1909-1912) and synthetic (1912-1922). Post-Impressionist and fawn, Braque no longer adheres to the contingency of a decorative way or the other. Cézanne’s paintings exhibited at the Grand Palais during the retrospective of 1907 are a revelation: Cézanne sought and invented a pictorial language. In his footsteps, Braque went to the South with the reasons of the Master. He returned with Estaque landscapes and surprising Ciotat it keeps Cezanne geometric model and retains the “passages” continuity from one surface to another to create the sensation of “turning around” of the object represented. But he wants to go after the consequences of the vision of Cezanne. In his paintings Houses in L’Estaque (1908) it simplifies the volumes of houses, neglects detail by removing doors and windows: the plastic rhythm that builds the table. Large Nude , a masterpiece of the period, can be considered the first work of Cézanne cubism . Systematizing and deepening Braque discoveries open the door analytical cubism. In 1909, his painting became more cerebral than sensual. The pattern is recreated in the two-dimensionality of the canvas, leaving aside any illusionistic perspective. In Still Life with Violin, objects are analyzed facets according to their characteristic elements, each facet referring to a particular view of the object. There are so many facets of points selected view: Table reflects the knowledge of the object and the ubiquity of the eye. Moreover, Braque is looking for the essence of the objects in the world rather than their contingency, which explains the absence of light source and use of muted colors (gray, ocher), contingent aspects of the object . But formal logic has stepped facets, erased any anecdote to the object and ultimately led to his painting a hermetic more marked on the edge of abstraction (see the series of Castle Roche-Guyon ). Braque, anxious to keep the concrete and refusing at all costs that the logic of Cubism takes the paintings to abstract, reintroduced signs of reality in his paintings in 1912 marks the beginning of Synthetic Cubism. Historians speak of “signs of real” rather than reality because what interests Braque, this is not to put reality into a table, but to create a painting which, by its language, refers to the real. To do this, he invented two major techniques XX th century inclusions and contributions. The inclusions consist of painting objects that have no real depth, materials (wallpaper in Nature morte aux playing cards faux wood is a pictorial inclusion) or letters (calligraphic inclusion in Portuguese ), made first brush and a few months later stencil. Contributions are defined in contrast with the collage on canvas of foreign materials: glued or sand paper, sawdust, etc.. Regarding the collages, Braque used for the first time in September 1912 a piece of adhesive paper imitating faux wood Compote and Glass , then the packet envelope of tobacco Bock in 1912-1913, or an advertisement in Damier , 1913). Inputs and inclusions refer to an external object in the table, without “emulate” this object. Away from their appearances, objects are represented in closest essence of the objects in the real world sense. This is also the time of Synthetic Cubism that Braque invented paper sculpture. There are, unfortunately, and no one is living proof of a photograph makes it possible to realize: Paper and paperboard. Métamorphoses period(1961-1963). In 1961, Georges Braque worked on a Greek head for the Louvre, which obsesses him, and he wishes to free his mind. He tried several times to bring out the paint and the result was unsatisfactory. He thinks the ultimate metamorphosis its Greek head projected in three dimensions. He calls in his studio of Baron Heger Loewenfeld, master lapidary, and he communicates his enthusiasm during the “fateful encounter.” Nine months later, in honor of the eighty years of Georges Braque, Heger Loewenfeld offers the Master of the ring Circe: the famous Greek head finally exorcised, carved in an onyx. Braque Loewenfeld then asked to identify other issues that haunt him. From dated and signed by Georges Braque, Heger gouaches Loewenfeld shapes works in the fields of jewelery, lapidary art...
Lithograph
I Am The Last Of My Kind
By Tracey Emin
Located in London, GB
Published by the Royal Academy
Lithograph, Offset
$995
H 20.5 in W 17.25 in
Homage to Marc Chagall Lithograph, Modern Style, 1969, from XXe Siecle
By Marc Chagall
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall Title: Homage to Marc Chagall Portfolio: XXe Siecle Medium: Lithograph Year: 1969 Edition: Unnumbered Framed Size: 20 1/2" x 17 1/4" Sheet Size: 12" x 9 1/2" Im...
Lithograph
The Smell of Us (Limited edition softcover book)
By Larry Clark
Located in New York, NY
Larry Clark The Smell of Us, 2015 Limited Edition softcover book printed on heavy paper stock in oblong binding (Edition: 250) 5 1/2 × 8 inches This first edition book by Larry Clark...
Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
Untitled Aquatint Etching (Portrait) Signed Bernard Stern ed.30
By Bernard Stern
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Other Subject: Portrait Medium: Aquatint Eching Print Surface: Paper Country: United States The artist Bernard Stern illustrates the portrait of a boy in a non-realistic, ca...
Etching, Aquatint
Boy Riding a Bull
By Graciela Rodo Boulanger
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Boy Riding a Bull" c.1980 is an original color lithograph on paper by noted Bolivian artist Graciela Rodo Boulanger, b.1935. It is hand signed and numbered 33/200 in pe...
Lithograph
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H 37.5 in W 27 in D 1 in
Boy with Red Goat, Original Lithograph Signed by Graciela Rodo-Boulanger
By Graciela Rodo Boulanger
Located in Pasadena, CA
Graciela RODO-BOULANGER, Boy with Red Goat, 1976. Handly Signed and numbered lithograph 186/200 on printed by Mourlot in Paris on Arches Paper. Original Frame, Size is Framed, Very...
Lithograph
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H 25 in W 21.5 in D 1.3 in
Modern Abstract Figurative Lithograph of a Bride and Church Edition 48/120
By Graciela Rodo Boulanger
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract figurative lithograph by Bolivian artist Graciela Rodo Boulanger. The work features a central female figure dressed in a white wedding dress set against a church with...
Lithograph
The Ram and Acrobat
By Graciela Rodo Boulanger
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Ram and Acrobat" c.1975, is an original color etching with aquatint on Lana paper by noted Bolivian artist Graciela Rodo Boulanger, b.1935. It is hand signed and numbered 16/100 in pencil by the artist. The image (plate mark) size is 25.5 x 19.5 inches, sheet size is 30 x 22.35 inches. It is in excellent condition, the colors are fresh and bright. About the artist: Born in La Paz, Bolivia in 1935, Graciela Rodo Boulanger was raised in an artistic environment. Her mother, a concert pianist, and her father, a businessman and art connoisseur, nurtured her talents. She studied the piano and at age 11 enrolled in the School of Fine Arts. At 17 she went to Vienna to study both art and music, and at 22 shetravelled to Argentina for the stimulating artistic environment of Buenos Aires. Continuing to study both piano and painting...
Etching, Aquatint
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H 37 in W 30 in D 1 in
The Orchestra, Original Lithograph Numbered & Signed by Graciela Rodo Boulanger
By Graciela Rodo Boulanger
Located in Pasadena, CA
Signed and numbered lithograph 68/200 Graciela Rodo Boulanger, born February 16, 1935 in La Paz, is a Bolivian painter and printmaker. Graciela Rodo Boulanger was very early influenced in her love of painting and music by her mother, a concert pianist, and her father, a businessman and art connoisseur. She studied music and art from her childhood and gave her first piano concert at 15 she took part in her first art exhibitions in Vienna and Salzburg when she was 18 years old. She took lithography lessons with Juan Rimsa, then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna1. she turned all her energy towards painting. In 1960, she was one of the people rewarded at the first Latin-American woodcut competition. Graciela Rodo Boulanger moved to Paris in 1961 where she studied etching and printmaking with René Carcan...
Lithograph
Les Petit Rats, Ballerinas III
By Graciela Rodo Boulanger
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Les Petit Rats, Ballerinas II" c.1980 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by noted Bolivian artist Graciela Rodo Boulanger, b.1935. It is hand signed and numbered XLII/C in pencil by the artist. The image size is 22.5 x 18 inches, framed size is 36 x 30.75 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold leaf frame, with off white matting and gold color spacer. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Born in La Paz, Bolivia in 1935, Graciela Rodo Boulanger was raised in an artistic environment. Her mother, a concert pianist, and her father, a businessman and art connoisseur, nurtured her talents. She studied the piano and at age 11 enrolled in the School of Fine Arts. At 17 she went to Vienna to study both art and music, and at 22 shetravelled to Argentina for the stimulating artistic environment of Buenos Aires. Continuing to study both piano and painting...
Lithograph
The orchestra Litho numbered
By Graciela Rodo Boulanger
Located in Pasadena, CA
Graciela Rodo Boulanger, born February 16, 1935 in La Paz, is a Bolivian painter and printmaker. Graciela Rodo Boulanger was very early influenced in her love of painting and music by her mother, a concert pianist, and her father, a businessman and art connoisseur. She studied music and art from her childhood and gave her first piano concert at 15 she took part in her first art exhibitions in Vienna and Salzburg when she was 18 years old. She took lithography lessons with Juan Rimsa, then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna1. she turned all her energy towards painting. In 1960, she was one of the people rewarded at the first Latin-American woodcut...
Lithograph
La Infanta y Su Gato
By Graciela Rodo Boulanger
Located in Long Island City, NY
La Infanta y Su Gato Graciela Rodo Boulanger, Bolivian (1935) Date: 1986 Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 245/250 Image Size: 29 x 21 inches Frame Size...
Etching
Cache Cache (Hide and Seek)
By Graciela Rodo Boulanger
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Cache Cache" (Hide and Seek) 1990 is an original color etching with aquatint on Arches paper by noted Bolivian artist Graciela Rodo Bo...
Etching, Aquatint
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H 27.5 in W 31.5 in D 0.75 in
Modern Abstract Lithograph of Two Children with a Horse Cart Ed. 100/100
By Graciela Rodo Boulanger
Located in Houston, TX
Grey toned modern abstract lithograph by Bolivian artist Graciela Rodo Boulanger. The work features two children in a cart being pulled by a horse against a muted grey background. Signed and editioned by artist in front lower margin. Matted with an olive border and hung in a brown wooden frame. Dimensions Without Frame: H 19.5 in. x W 23.5 in. Artist Biography: Born in La Paz, Bolivia, in 1935, Rodo Boulanger creates joyful scenes that depict the pleasure of childhood in a childlike way. Her simplistic, graceful lines and lyrical colors, make her compositions as rhythmic, rigorous and spontaneous as the round-faced children she paints. Raised in an artistic environment, Rodo Boulanger studied both piano and art...
Lithograph
Capricorn - from the Zodaic Series
By Graciela Rodo Boulanger
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Graciela Rodo Boulanger – Bolivian (1935- ) Title: Capricorn – from the Zodiac Suite Year: circa 1976 Medium: Color Lithograph Image size: 30 x 22 inches. Sheet size: 30 x 22 inches Framed size: 39.5 x 31.5 inches Signature: Signed lower right Edition size: 100 This one: 41/100 (XLI/C) Condition: Good This large pencil signed, pencil numbered lithograph is immediately recognizable as the work of Graciela Rodo Boulanger. "Capricorn" is one of twelve original lithographs from the Zodiac Suite published by Orangerie Publishing, Paris in 1976. The lithograph measures 30” x 22” (framed, it measures 39.5” x 31.5”) It is signed in the lower right and numbered in the lower left, XLI/C, or 41 of 100. The print is in very good condition, not examined out of the frame. It is floating on a dark gray inner mat surrounded by cream-colored outer mat. It is framed in a silver and black wood frame with plexiglas that goes well with the print. The frame is in fair condition with a few small scratches and normal wear. Graciela Rodo (born 1935 in La Paz) is a Bolivian artist. She is noted for her artworks featuring stylized renderings of children. She studied etching and printmaking along with René Carcan...
Paper, Lithograph
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H 13 in W 9.5 in D 0.1 in
1973 Graciela Rodo Boulanger 'Rodo-Boulanger Gravures 1961-1972' Orange Book
By Graciela Rodo Boulanger
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 13 x 9.5 inches ( 33.02 x 24.13 cm ) Image Size: 13 x 9.5 inches ( 33.02 x 24.13 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: 1973 Lublin Graphics, Greenw...
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