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20th Century School Large Oil Painting by Elmo Gideon Entitled “Venice”

Name: 20th Century School Large Oil Painting by Elmo Gideon Entitled “Venice”
Brand: Elmo Gideon
Price: 18500 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

This master Painter and Sculptor was considered almost an elemental force in 20th-century modern art and his pieces across the entire expanse of 20th-century style ideals from impressionism, abstraction, seascapes, portraiture, and sculptures becoming a master of each. He is credited with introducing paint formulas and sculptural compounds that are in some cases unknown to this day and in others essential elements used universally today. His interest and drive for art made him, even as a young boy, fond of creating images and fashioning his own brushes and paints. He entered the Chicago Academy of Fine arts as a young man with a nude drawing class but soon left when offered a substantial job. While working as a welder and even though he had received a deferment for that job from the civil lists he enlisted in the army in 1943. He saw many difficult assignments during the war and was moved deeply. Later in his career as an artist, he would paint and sculpt some of what are considered the most poignant images of the Holocaust and war-torn life of Europe. After the war, he settled in Miami and while attending some classes determined to work as an artist to feed his family and was accomplished and successful throughout his career. During the 50's and 60's he was contracted to produce art en mass for many companies and for advertising and promotion achieving a respectable place as one of America's top-selling artists. He worked for many of the finest hotel chains and for almost every major producer of goods as a one-man show of artistic output. This vast number of works many contracted in large amounts designed to be seen and to influence current tastes were produced single-handedly by him with tireless effort and direct contact with the materials and process. Of note as it relates to this painting his desire to achieve certain effects and to produce works heavy with paint lead him to develop his own materials and paints realizing that small tubes of expensive paint would never work as he intended. He finally developed synthetic paints in large quantity that did not crack or yellow over time and that remained pliable most importantly that dried quickly and suited his maverick attitudes. The great style most associated with his work is the heavy layered impasto of the paint seen here in full flower. This work of Venice is a masterpiece of his mature output and comes from the 1960s. The painting is muted and subtle, heavy with paint and yet the details of the Doges Palace, surrounding buildings, architectural elements, the steps to the sea and the gondoliers in their boats are clearly visible once you have stepped back and entered the artist visual impression. The large work is most interestingly in a frame made and decorated by the artist himself creating a unique total package. The making of frames to compliment his works was first stated in Havana Cuba were he maintained a small home and did many substantial interior sculptural element and artist painting commissions for a local grand hotel. As many artists he had numerous one man shows and worked thru galleries creating a stir with his work, success as a commercial painter and thru his dynamic personality. However, by the very early 70's he left that kind of world to focus on in his words “his serious works”. Setting up his own gallery space and dealing privately with avid collectors he never dealt with third party efforts to promote or sell his works again. In his later life, the very things and conditions he loved had taken a toll on his health. The years spent working with chemicals and epoxies damaged his lungs and eventually resulted in a diagnosis of Myasthenia Gravis. He struggled to the end to do what he had done his entire life but eventually lost muscle control, the ability of swallowing and breathing became almost impossible and he passed leaving behind an enormous body of work in 2010. His work is shown in Corporate and public collections here and abroad and is collected privately by scholars and historian of the 20th century. Condition Disclosure: While we do our best to carefully inspect and give a full report on the condition of any item we sell, pointing out any repairs or alterations that may have been done to the best of our knowledge, as is the case with any antique and vintage item, there is a possibility that at some point in the life of the piece that there may have been damaged which has been professionally repaired and as such a repair undetectable, it is therefore impossible for us to disclose... we recommend that you also read and agree to the 1st dibs user agreement, particularly sections 9,13,15,18,19 and 27

Creator:

Elmo Gideon (Artist)

Dimensions:

Height: 80.5 in (204.47 cm)Width: 63.5 in (161.29 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)

Materials and Techniques:

Canvas,Paint,Wood

Place of Origin:

North America

Period:

1960-1969

Date of Manufacture:

1960