Medium : Original Oil Painting
Signed: Hand Signed by Alex Zwarenstein
Size: 30" x 24"
Condition: Excellent Condition
Certificate of Authenticity included
The original Oil Painting by famous artist Alex ZWARENSTEIN. He is also a feature artist in the current Carrier Pigeon Magazine!
His art holds a very high value in investment art.
About Artist:
Artist Alex Zwarenstein is famous thoughout the world for painting structural architecture and the elements that encompass it. Zwarenstein works in various mediums including oil, gouache and watercolor and his palette is vibrantly punctuated with contrasting surfaces of opaqueness and translucency.
Zwarenstein was born in 1952 in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). At the age of 17, he left Africa for London, England. Zwarenstein spent 3 years studying art at the Royal Academy of Art in London where he received a Master's Degree in painting and was a recipient of several awards including a William Turner Traveling Scholarship. Zwarenstein spent another 10 years working, teaching and developing his style, in London, before moving to the U.S.
Zwarenstein's professional experience includes working as an instructor of painting in London, England at the Harrow College of Art, and in New York City at the Fashion Institute of Technology, the National Academy of Design and the Art Students' League. For several years Zwarenstein also worked as a cover illustrator for publications such as Forbes Magazine and the National Review before having his first solo exhibition in 1998 at the Eleanor Ettinger Gallery in New York City. Since then he has exhibited throughout the United States, Europe, Africa and Asia.
Alex Zwarenstein's work is among the collections of the Museum of the City of New York, the National Art Gallery of Zimbabwe, the New York Stock Exchange and the London City Council to name a few.
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Royal Academy of Art, London.
B.A.HON. Kingston on Thames Polytechnic
AWARDS |
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THE RECIPIENT OF THE BIENNIAL | 1979 |
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William Turner Traveling scholarship | 1979 |
Edward Landseer Prize | 1979 |
David Murray Prize | 1978 |
Eric Kennington Prize for drawing | 1977 |
Armitage Award | 1976 |
Edward Stott Scholarship | 1975 |
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OK Harris Gallery | 2012 |
The E. David Gallery, Pennsylvania | 2007 |
Art Obsession Gallery,Tokyo. | 2005, 2006, 2007 |
Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago. | 2004 |
Alysia Duckler Gallery. Portland Oregon | 2004 |
Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York | 2005 |
Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York | 2003 |
Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York | 2001 |
Alysia Duckler Gallery. Portland Oregon | 2001 |
Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York | 2000 |
Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York | 1988 |
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Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York | 2008 |
Albermarle Gallery, London | 2003 |
Moranda Gallery, Aspen, Colorado | 1999 |
Royal Academy of Art Summer Show | 1978-1980 |
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The National Academy of Design | 1989 - currently |
Art Students League of New York | 2006 - currently |
Fashion Institute of Technology, New York | 1994 |
Harrow College of Art, University of London | 1979 - 1983 |
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The Museum Of The City Of New York |
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PUBLICATION AND ARTICLES | |
Broadcast: National Geographic Special: | 2002 |
New York Times: Art In Soho | 2002 |
Feature Article; THE OREGONIAN. | 2001 |
BOOK: The Materials and Techniques of Painting | 1981 |
Forbes Magazine: Cover Artist | 1984-1988 |
New American Painters | 1989 |
Interview with Alex Zwarenstein, 'Art Interview' online | 1986 |
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