Park West Artists: Part:2

  1. Jean Claude Picot
    • Born: 1933
    • Lived in: France
    • Influenced: Great Fauvists like Matisse
    • Features: Untradional colors
    • Subjects: Cote D'Azur (French Riviera)
    • Subjects: Famous landscapes
    • His work is: Fyn and joyful
    • Hosted: more than 50 one-man exhibitions
    • Painted Exclusively as an artist: for more than 50 years
    • This means, now is great to time collect this artist due his birth date.
  2. Pinot
    • Born: 1939
    • Passed Away: 2010
    • Born in: Italy
    • Immigrated to: US
    • Style: Impressiont
    • Technique: Fabio
    • In Italy worked as: Illustrators 2 of largest publishers
    • Once moved to NYC: 2 publishers spotted him
    • Created more than: 3000 book covers, movies posters, magazine covers.
    • Features: Woman, and human relationships.
    • His Style: appears to be "loose" painting but his subjects jumo out wt you with life.
  3. Tomasz Rut
    • Born: 1961
    • Born in: Poland
    • Mother: Artist
    • Father: Olympic Athlete
    • Studied: Art Restoration
    • Restored Art: Large Mansions like Smithsonian, Museums and even US Treasury
    • Inspired: Michael Angelo
    • Works Feature: Human emotion, life and death, good and evil
    • Portrays: Human emotions
    • Published: 2x limited editions on his works
    • Works are collected: by 1000's of people and he is one of the most collectable artists in the modern world.
  4. Norman Rockwell
    • Born: 1894
    • Born on: Farm in NYC
    • Died: 1978
    • As a child he drew: images of farm activities and friends
    • Age 17: art director for scouts life magazine
    • Soon magazine: employed as illustrators for advertisements and magazine work
    • Age 22: his fist full sized work appears in back page of "The Saturday Post.
    • 47yrs: employed by "The Saturday Post"
    • During depression: his lighthearted work wa welcomed by the The Saturday Post who only wanted to lighthearted prints
    • Commisioned: to paint presidents, Eissenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon
    • Received highest Civillian award: Presidential Medal of freedom for vivid and affectionate portraits of the USA.
    • Captured: The Evolution of the USA
    • Today Park West: with Rockwell estates and Curtis publishing how own the Rockwell copyright, bring reproductions of his works.
  5. Wendy Chaefer / Victor Miles
    • Wendy Born: 1960
    • Victor Born: 1956
    • Work from: Studio in Rocky Mountains
    • Subject Matter: Nature / landscapes
    • Style: Impressionist
    • Inspired by: Early Impressionsist
    • Met each other: working together in a art store - Victor hired Wendy as a framer.
    • They paint each work together: 1. Wendy does loose outline drawing 2. Victor adds Impasto 3. Wendy uses Glazing technique (Glazing is using layering of transparent paints) 5. Victor adds final detail
    • Paint Used: Oils
    • There works feature paths: It a metaphor for the journey through life.
  6. Victor Spahn
    • Born: 1949
    • Born in : France
    • Bought his studio: From famous impressionist Foujita
    • Paint Style: Pallet Knife and Air brush combined.
    • 1970: Participated in Salon of Independant Artists, France
    • Owned by: Serigraph of "Autumn Polo" acquired by Pres. Jacques Chirac.
    • 1st Prize in NYC for: Mosaic Table
    • One of first art works was a: Mosaic
    • Subject Matter: Yachting, Motor Racing, Ballet and sports that portray movement
    • His works are known for: showing movement
    • Ambassador for: Lexus Cars
    • Publication: Hardcover book of his works.
    • Graphic works are hand -embellished, combination of Lithi, Seri and Giclee.
  7. Zamy Steynovitz
    • Born: 1951 - 2000
    • Born in: Poland
    • Grew up in: Israel
    • Earlier Painting Style: Surrealism and Cafe Style
    • Style: Influenced by Chagall but more more colorful.
    • Subject matter: Portrays Woman, couple, Commitment , Marriage, Angels, France, Circuses.
    • Inspired by: Religious folklore and jewish stories.
    • Work presented to: Pope John Paul II & Jimmy Carrter
    • His Works Messages: Were always of peace
    • Recognised by: Nobel Peace Institute for Peace in Noway.
  8. Itzchak Tarkay
    • Born: 1935
    • Passed: 2012
    • Lived: Israel
    • Subject Matter: Mostly Woman - that featured his wife's face.
    • Style: Inspired by French-Impressionism and Post impressionism
    • Inspired by: Fauvists like Lautrec and Matisse.
    • Paint Style: Often paints En-Plein -Air
    • Messages in work: portray peace and joy  through the woman he paints.
    • Mentor to: Kanovich, Najar and Wolfsen
    • Master Artist: Of the modern day, makes his work very collectable.
  9. Daniel Wall
    • Born: 1965
    • Mother: Was an artist and motivated him
    • Studied Art in: China, Italy, US
    • Founder of: Intense Impressionism
    • Became full-time artist once: he received his masters degree in art.
    • Published: 100's of illustrations and books.
    • Exhibitions in: China, Japan, Spain, Germany, USA, Italy
    • Works featured following messages:
    •      SKY: Freedom
    •      LIGHT: Hope
    •      ROADS: Path of life
    •      UMBRELLAS: Safety
    •      COLORFUL TREES: Beautiful Life
    •      THICK / HEAVY TEXTURES: Strong Love
  10. Andrew Warden
    • Born: 1949
    • Born in: Middlesex, England
    • Mother encouraged: to draw throughout school.
    • Studied Art: and shortly became illustrationist
    • Did work for: Magazines, Advertisements, Record Covers
    • Subject Matter: Landscapes / Nature
    • Unique Features: His work captures, cottages, streams, animals in great detail.
    • Similarities to other artists: Thomas Kinkade.
    • He enjoys the change of colors: that come with every season.
    • He will observe the subject during the day: and paint in evening light
  11. David Willardson
    • Born: 1943
    • Grew Up: USA
    • Style: PEP -Art (PEP means energy) like mix of pop art, but characters with high energy abd lots of colors. (Tink Mickey Mouse)
    • Worked for Disney: 17yrs
    • 1980's: Commissioned to redesign classic Disney Posters for, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Bambi, Pinocchio, Lion King.
    • One of only: license artist to paint Disney
    • Works from Studio in: Los Angeles
    • He was working on playful Disney design, hen a colleague walked in and asked What is this! Did Disney see it, he was worried he was going to be in trouble, but and hour later Disney was in his officee, and liked it so much they bought many of it on their next visit in a weeks time.
  12. Yuval Wolfson
    • Born: 1966
    • Lives: Israel
    • Subject matter: Mostly landscapes but people too
    • Style: Abstract Impressionist
    • Technique: Often uses Glazing
    • Was spotted ata  young age: and offered scholarship at Tel-Aviv Museum of Art.
    • He Enjoys colors: He says there isnt enough colors for him to use.
    • 1st one-man exhibition: received very well  by critics for a work called "Monet's Garden" - This work was 24 paintings of the same subject showing how it changes through every hour of the day in the different light of the day.
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Park West Artists: Part:2
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Part two: artist from Number 40 + in this caard set.
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