Thomas Pradzynski Art

Lowell Nesbitt Orchid, 1979 Silkscreen on wove paper Pencil signed, dated and numbered 144/175 by Lowell Nesbitt on the front Published by Charles Cardinale Fine Creations, Inc., with blind stamp on the front 25 × 25 inches Unframed This work is pencil signed, dated and numbered 144/175 by Lowell Nesbitt on the front. About Lowell Nesbitt. Lowell Nesbitt, who was born in Baltimore on Oct. 4, 1933, was a graduate of the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia and also attended the Royal College of Art in London, where he worked in stained glass & etching. In 1964, the Corcoran Gallery or Art in Washington gave him one of his first museum exhibitions, and by the mid 1970's he had decided to leave the museum a bequest of more than $1 million. But in 1989, he publicly revoked the bequest after the Corcoran canceled a disputed exhibition of photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe, who was an old friend. Mr. Nesbitt named the Phillips Collection as a beneficiary instead. He was frequently grouped with the Photo Realists, but his images were more interpretively distorted, somewhat loosely painted and boldly abbreviated. He had many subjects: studio interiors, articles of clothing, piles of shoes and groupings of fruits and vegetables. He also painted his dog, a Rottweiler named Echo, the Neoclassical facades of SoHo's 19th century cast-iron buildings and several of Manhattan's major bridges. Despite such variety, Lowell Nesbitt was best known for gargantuan images or irises, roses, lilies and other flowers, which he often depicted in close up so that their petals seemed to fill the canvas. Dramatic, implicitly sexual and a little ominous, they earned the artist a popularity with the general public that tended to overshadow his reputation within the art world. In 1980, the United States Postal Service issued four stamps based on Mr. Nesbitt's floral paintings. He also served as the official artist for the space flights of Apollo 9...

Mountain, lake, trees, nature, landscape, greens, blues, water. 50 x 38" oil on canvas, maple frame Inspired by the drama of nature and light, Cynthia creates abstracted landscapes...

Paris: Chardon, 1861. Etching with engraving on Chine collé mounted to a wove paper matrix with a false platemark and a deckle edge, 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches (115 x 165 mm); matrix 12 1...

Ocean, shore, water, movement, neutrals. 41 x 41" oil on canvas, maple frame Inspired by the drama of nature and light, Cynthia creates abstracted landscapes with oil on canvas.

Paris: A. Salmon, 1883. Etching with engraving on white laid paper, 6 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches (156 x 247 mm); sheet 9 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches (235 x 318 mm), full margins. In very good condi...

Etching on cream laid watermarked Finch 1794 paper, 4 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches (109 x 147 mm); sheet 6 1/2 x 9 inches (165 x 229 mm), full margins. Signed and titled in pencil in the lower...

Blue, Navy, calm, reflection, nature, mountains, sky. 31 x 41" oil on canvas, maple frame Inspired by the drama of nature and light, Cynthia creates abstracted landscapes with oil ...

A circa. 1800 engraving by Pierre Gabriel Berthault, "Vue intérieure de Paris prise du milieu du Pont Royal regardant le Pont Neuf". Artwork size: 16 3/8" x 26". Archivally matted...

Taos Orchard 39x63" oil on canvas blue green purple pink Landscape New Mexico The painting process has been an evolving experience for me from the time I was very young and first s...

Martha Mans lavender gray white blue green yellow peach brown orange framed in brown frame The painting process has been an evolving experience for me from the time I was very young...

Blue,White,Indigo, navy 40 x 80" oil painting on canvas Inspired by the drama of nature and light, Cynthia creates abstracted landscapes with oil on canvas.

Woodcut on hand made laid paper with the publisher's watermark designed by the artist, full margins. From the special suite of 53 woodcut illustrations which were laid in loose to t...