STELLA SHAWZIN B1923 VERY RARE FINE ORIGINAL SIGNED PAINTING ABSTRACT LIFEFORMS

Description: STELLA SHAWZIN B1923 VERY RARE FINE ORIGINAL SIGNED PAINTING ABSTRACT LIFEFORMSThis product data sheet is originally written in English.STELLA SHAWZIN - SOUTH AFRICAN BORN - 1923ABSTRACT LIFEFORMS - LARGE MIXED MEDIA ARTWORK Stella Shawzin born in Transvaal, South Africa in 1923. She now lives and works from her home in Berkshire, England.Stella studied painting under the great colourist Martin Bloch in London, followed by her attending the 57th Street Art Students League of New York to study anatomy under George Bridgeman and painting under Frank Vincent DuMond and Yasuo Kuniyoshi, and by a period at the Pratt Institute Workshop for Artists, where she studied graphic techniques. At a young age, preceding her artistic career, Stella originally trained as an actress, singer and dancer, and has appeared in plays and films in England.Stella is internationally renowned as a sculptor, using marble or cast bronze to create dynamic and dramatic work that celebrates human and animal forms. She ran her own foundry in Constantia, Cape Town, and also produced large-scale sculptures in Carrara, Italy.In its themes and subjects her work has always been shot with an African thread. Her approach is that each piece is an attempt to “capture and crystallise life’s joys and sorrows”. The focus of here current endeavors is to express the emotional impact of a lifetime in as pure and simple a way as possible.Stella’s work is held in private and public collections throughout the world.MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER SIGNED LOWER RIGHT. MOUNTED & VERY SMARTLY FRAMED.PROVENANCE: EX OXFORD PRIVATE COLLECTION.Painting generally in very rich, bright, unfaded, condition. Undulations to paper, particularly centrally where the gouache/oil is thickly painted. Possible discolouration to edges of paper but this could be original. Crease to cloth mount upper left. Frame in excellent condition.APPROX FRAME APERTURE SIZE: 55 CM X 31 CMAPPROX FRAME SIZE: 76 CM X 50 CM PLEASE VIEW OUR OTHER LISTINGS AT OUR EBAY SHOP 'ABSOLUTE FINE ART' WHICH INCLUDE WORKS BY JOHN BRATBY, DAVID HOCKNEY & PETER BLAKE. SHIPPED FRAMED/UNGLAZED, WITH THE GLASS CAREFULLY REMOVED & DISCARDED FOR SAFETY INTRANSIT.INTERNATIONAL BUYERS WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY APPLICABLE LOCAL IMPORT DUTIES/TAXES.Stella studied painting under the great colourist Martin Bloch in London, followed by her attending the 57th Street Art Students League of New York to study anatomy under George Bridgeman and painting under Frank Vincent DuMond and Yasuo Kuniyoshi, and by a period at the Pratt Institute Workshop for Artists, where she studied graphic techniques. At a young age, preceding her artistic career, Stella originally trained as an actress, singer and dancer, and has appeared in plays and films in England. In its themes and subjects her work has always been shot with an African thread. Her approach is that each piece is an attempt to “capture and crystallise life’s joys and sorrows”. The focus of here current endeavors is to express the emotional impact of a lifetime in as pure and simple a way as Style Abstract Material Gouache Painting Surface Paper Original/ Repro Original Signed Yes Original/Licensed Reproduction Original Type Painting Subject Abstract

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Location: Banbury

End Time: 2025-01-09T04:39:57.000Z

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