Bernard Arnest

Signals, 1962 Abstract Geometric Oil Painting, Orange & Black, Broadmoor Academy

1962

This vibrant abstract oil painting by Edward (Eduardo) Arcenio Chavez (1917-1995) features a dynamic bird motif, painted in rich tones of red, blue, purple, orange, and black. Completed circa 1980, the artwork captures Chavez's signature modernist style. The painting is framed in a vintage frame with overall dimensions measuring 30 ½ x 28 ½ inches, while the image size itself is 29 ¼ x 27 inches. About the Artist: Eduardo Chavez...

1985 original signed oil painting titled 'The Four Winter Months' by Denver modernist, Edward Marecak (1919-1993) with four abstract/stylized figures painted with colors of red, black, green, gray, blue, and orange. Referential abstraction painted in oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, titled verso. Presented in a vintage frame, outer dimensions measure 24 ½ x 30 ½ x 1 ¼ inches. Image size is 23 ¾ x 30 inches. Provenance: Estate of the artist, Edward Marecak About the Artist: Born Ohio 1919 Died Colorado 1993 Born to immigrant parents from the Carpathian region in Slovakia, Marecak grew up with his family in the farming community of Bennett’s Corners, now part of the town of Brunswick, near Cleveland, Ohio. When he turned twelve, his family moved to a multi-ethnic neighborhood of Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, and Slovenians in Cleveland. His childhood household cherished the customs and Slavic folk tales from the Old Country that later strongly influenced his work as a professional artist. His junior and senior high projects earned him a full scholarship to the Cleveland Institute of Art (1938-1942) where he studied with Henry George Keller whose work was included in the 1913 New York Armory Show. In 1940 Marecak also taught at the Museum School of the Cleveland Institute. Before being drafted into the military in 1942, he briefly attended the Cranbrook Academy of Art near Detroit, one of the nation’s leading graduate schools of art, architecture, and design. Marecak’s studies at Cranbrook with painter Zoltan Sepeshy...

This stunning vintage 1960s oil painting, titled Demeter and Persephone, is an original signed artwork by renowned 20th-century Denver artist Edward Marecek. Drawing inspiration from...

This original oil painting by renowned mid-century modernist Paul K. Smith (1893-1977) features a dynamic abstract composition in a harmonious blend of gray, bl...

'Atmos' is appropriately titled light atmospheric quality. The oil paint is layered thinly in most places on the canvas. There is also linseed dipped charcoal drawn on and painted o...

Calming, soothing and engaging oil and linseed-dipped charcoal on canvas abstract painting by Sophia Dixon. 2007. A favorite painting of the artist, who was experimenting with combi...

Ethereal Coastline is an original seascape painting by Helen Howells. It was inspired by the coastline of South Wales which is my homeland. It is not of any specific place, but is a ...

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