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Seymour Chwast Paintings

American, b. 1931
Seymour Chwast's posters are in the permanent collections of many museums worldwide. Seymour Chwast"s art helped to propel a revolution in American illustration during the early 1960"s from sentimental realism to comic expressionism. His work for magazines, posters, advertisements, and children"s books influenced at least two generations of illustrators and designers in America and abroad to explore a broad range of stylistic and conceptual methods, as well as to wed illustration with design. In addition to his unique style and innovative techniques, Chwast contributed a delightfully absurdist sense of wit and humor to twentieth century applied art. Although rooted in the decorative traditions of the nascent years of commercial art—notably Victorian, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco—his work is not a synthesis of the past and present, but an invention of the most original kind.
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Artist: Seymour Chwast
"Jekyll Becomes Hyde" Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

"Jekyll Becomes Hyde" Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

By Seymour Chwast

Located in Fort Washington, PA

"Jekyll Becomes Hyde." Original illustration for a German edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, (Frankfurt am Main and Vienna: Büchergilde Gute...

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1990s Seymour Chwast Paintings

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"Jekyll Becomes Hyde" Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

"Jekyll Becomes Hyde" Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

By Seymour Chwast

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Signed "Chwast" in Pencil Lower Right "Jekyll Becomes Hyde." Original illustration for a German edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, (Frankfu...

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1990s Seymour Chwast Paintings

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Girl on a Buick Painting on Metal Cut Out Sculpture Wall Hanging
Girl on a Buick Painting on Metal Cut Out Sculpture Wall Hanging

Girl on a Buick Painting on Metal Cut Out Sculpture Wall Hanging

By Seymour Chwast

Located in Surfside, FL

Seymour Chwast, B. 1931, American, 'Girl on a Buick', Painted Sheet Metal. A label on the reverse reads: "Seymour Chwast, 'Girl on a Buick', Metal Cut-Out, $2,000" Provenance: Bache...

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20th Century American Modern Seymour Chwast Paintings

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Pilots in Plane Painting on Metal Sculpture Wall Hanging Seymour Chwast Airplane
Pilots in Plane Painting on Metal Sculpture Wall Hanging Seymour Chwast Airplane

Pilots in Plane Painting on Metal Sculpture Wall Hanging Seymour Chwast Airplane

By Seymour Chwast

Located in Surfside, FL

Seymour Chwast (American, b. 1931) Three Pilots Ready for Take Off Mixed Media Painted Sculpture Hand-painted metal, (galvanized steel or aluminum) large wall hanging Hand signed to ...

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20th Century American Modern Seymour Chwast Paintings

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Large Oil Painting Of  Cartoony Camouflage Tank in Illustration Style
Large Oil Painting Of  Cartoony Camouflage Tank in Illustration Style

Large Oil Painting Of Cartoony Camouflage Tank in Illustration Style

By Seymour Chwast

Located in Surfside, FL

Seymour Chwast (born August 18, 1931) is an American graphic designer, illustrator, and type designer. Chwast was born in Bronx, New York, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Cooper Union in 1951. With Milton Glaser, Edward Sorel...

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20th Century American Modern Seymour Chwast Paintings

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Girl on a Buick Painting on Metal Cut Out Sculpture Wall Hanging

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Located in Surfside, FL

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Metal

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