Bee Pastel by Marianne Stikas

A stunning large oil by the accomplished and noted New York City Artist Marianne Stikas. This painting is signed and dated on the rear red sulphur and dated 1988. Ms Stikas is in many prominent collections and has an extensively exhibited. Some crackling at corners. PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE 2 LARGE CRACKS THOUGH THE CENTER AND ONE CORNER. PLEASE INQUIRE IF YOU WANT MORE DETAILED PHOTOS. A biography of the artist follows: Mariane Stikas 59 Walker Street New York, NY 10013 Born: Washington, D.C. 1947 Education: 1974 MFA Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 1971 BFA Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 1970 University of Saskatchewan, Painting Workshop, Emma Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada (Summer) 1966-1968 Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D.C> 1965 Art Student's League, New York Solo Exhibitions: 1992 The Galbreath Gallery, Lexington, Kentucky, Linda Schwartz, Agent 1990 John Davis Gallery, New York, NY 1989 John Davis Gallery, New York, NY 1984 Hill Gallery, Birmingham, Mi 1983 Baskerville & Watson, New York, NY 1981 Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY 1980 Galerie Liatowitsch, Basel Feigenson-Rosenstein Gallery, Detroit, MI Cutler/Stavarides Gallery, Boston, Ma 1979 Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY 1978 Feigenson-Rosenstein Gallery, Detroit, MI 1976 2nd Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Va Eric Schindler Gallery, Richmond, Va 1975 Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pa 1974 Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, Va.(Graduate Thesis Exhibition) 1973 Marsh Gallery, University of Richmond, Richmond, Va Selected Group Exhibitions: 1993 "The Eidetic Image; Comtenporary works on paper" Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, Il 1993 The Galbreath Gallery, Lexington, Kentucky 1992 Group Exhibition, The Galbreath Gallery, Lexington, Kentucky, in cooperation with Linda Scwartz 1990 "Artists in the Abstract", Weatherspoon Museum, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, curated by John Davis (Marianne Stikas, Catherine Lee, Trevor Sutton, Sean Scully and Michael McKeown) 1989 "Art on Paper/1989", Weatherspoon Art Gallery 1988 John Davis Gallery, New York , NY 1987 "Romantic Science", One Penn Plaza, New York, NY 1986-1988 "after Matisse", Queens Museum, New York and traveling to: Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va; Portland Museum of Fine Art, Portland, Me; Bass Museum of Fine Art, Miami Beach, Fl; The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC; Dayton Art Institue, Dayton, Oh. 1986-1988 Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Ma Curated by the Independant Curators Inc. Catalogue essays by Tiffany Bell...

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