VINTAGE FRAMED OIL & SAND MEDIUM ON BOARD - CITYSCAPE STREET SCENE - BORIS CHEZAR , WORLD RENOWNED ARTIST
THIS IS THE 2nd LISTED PAINTING (OIL ON BOARD) BY RENOWNED ARTIST BORIS CHEZAR. BOTH ARE DIFFERENT
BORIS CHEZAR WAS BORN IN 1913 IN NEW YORK CITY, ONE OF FIVE SONS OF RUSSIAN IMMIGRANTS. HE BEGAN PAINTING IN HIS TEENS AND STUDIED AT THE COOPER UNION IN NEW YORK CITY. DURING EXTENSIVE TRAVELS IN MEXICO AND NOVA SCOTIA, HE BOTH SKETCHED AND PAINTED LOCAL SIGHTS. IN MEXICO HE MET AND PAINTED WITH JOSE CLEMENTE OROZCO , WHOSE STYLE OF BOLD SYMBOLISM LATER INFLUENCED CHEZAR'S WORK. HIS OWN MODERN ABSTRACT WORK BEGAN IN THE 1970's.
CHEZAR'S PAINTINGS HAVE BEEN EXHIBITED IN THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM AS WELL AS OTHER IMPORTANT GROUP SHOWS AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY, WASHINGTON AND THE ST LOUIS ART MUSEUM TO NAME BUT A FEW. TODAY MANY OF HIS BEAUTIFUL PAINTINGS ARE TREASURED IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS ALSO.
THE ARTIST USED A TECHNIQUE OF AIRBRUSHING SAND ONTO THE OIL COLORS TO BRING OUT TEXTURE. THIS LOVELY DECORATIVE AND COLLECTORS PIECE IS PAINTED USING THE SAND ONTO OIL TECHNIQUE AND PORTRAYS A COBBLED STREET WITH TALL BUILDINGS ON EITHER SIDE, SOME PREDOMINANTLY WITH IMPOSING AND GRAND ARCHITECTURAL SPIRES. A TREE GROWS BEFORE A RED AND WHITE STRIPED ROOF WHICH PARALLELS THE RED FLOWERS A WOMAN CARRIES IN HER BASKET AT THE FOOT OF THE TREE. OTHER PEOPLE CAN BE SEEN IN THE CUSTOMARY LOCAL DRESS OF THE REGION
THE PAINTING IS FRAMED IN A BEAUTIFUL WOOD FRAME PAINTED IN DEEP GOLD WITH SILVER TRIM AND A TEXTILE INLAY OF WHITE. THE FRAME IS WIRED TO BE HUNG UP.
THIS AMAZING PAINTING IS DEFINITELY A PIECE OF INVESTMENT ART
STAMPS/MARKS ETC : THE ARTIST HAS SIGNED BOTTOM RIGHT
LINKS/EXAMPLES ETC :
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Boris-Chezar-Original-Streetscape-Oil-Sand-Painting-Canvas-Large-Framed/223316219002?hash=item33feaf147a:g:qUAAAOSwcttcNAsX
https://www.artprice.com/artist/529237/boris-chezar
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Boris-Chezar-1913-2008-Original-Oil-Sand-Painting-SIGNED-27-x-24-Framed-Art-/222049961514
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIGINAL-OIL-ON-SAND-STREET-SCENE-BY-BORIS-CHEZAR-unframed-Painting-Art-Canvas/173227636385?hash=item28552bf6a1:g:MY8AAOSwki1asZ03
https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/169956-boris-chezar-painting
CONDITION : THE PAINTING AND FRAME ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH NO DAMAGES, CHIPS, CRACKS ETC
SIZE : 31cm LEFT TO RIGHT.....36cm TOP TO BOTTOM.....2.2cm THICK
POSTAGE : Postage method is Buyers Choice
SAPO R50 A Courier service is also available upon request
This item may be combined with ANY other items up to 5kg for ONE standard postage fee with SAPO and 10kgs with Courier
COURIER OR COLLECTION ARE STRONGLY ADVISED DUE TO NATURE, VALUE AND SIZE OF ITEM ONCE PACKAGED
