Blimp In Flight over a Village Fauvist/Expressionist Painting-60s-I.L. Winarsky

As a New Jersey painters specialist who offers on eBay the most diverse array of New Jersey’s most highly regarded iconic artists as well as some of the more obscure but significant and deserving past painters including Henry Gasser, Bernard Gussow, John Grabach, Armando Sozio, James Carlin, Gar Sparks, Frank Zuccarelli, Adolf Konrad, Gustave Cimiotti, etc., I am now offering this vibrantly colored and enigmatic 16 by 20 inch Fauvist/Expressionist oil painting on masonite depicting a modernist village and landscape with a blimp/zeppelin in the sky and done by listed New Jersey artist Israel Louis Winarsky (1930-2006). It is a terrific painting. It is in excellent condition. It is unsigned. Estate stamp verso. It comes with NO frame. The one shown is for display purposes only!! It will be shipped for $20 via UPS or USPS. Known to few in his lifetime, Israel Louis Winarsky epitomizes the discovery of a significant Newark, New Jersey artist. Born in Newark in 1930 of Jewish descent, “Lou” passed his childhood living with his family above his father’s butcher shop first located at 295 and then at 372 Hunterton Street. His artistic journey began with a gift of crayons, his first childhood memory. He soon became enamored of oils, pastels, watercolors and charcoal. Winarsky attended the local public schools. Between 1944 and 1947, while working part time as a sign painter, he carried on his education at Weequahic High School. Afterwards, he enrolled at the Newark School of Fine & Industrial Art during the early directorship days of Henry Gasser(1946-1954) and was a student of Samuel Brecher. Later in life he spoke often to his family about Brecher whom Winarsky considered a friend. In 1951 he earned a B.A. in physics from the University of Chicago and then enlisted in the Air Force, serving some time in Korea as a radioman. In 1961, having painted continuously for over ten years, he traveled around Europe on a motor skooter. In France, Italy and Israel he embraced the people, culture and art and recorded some of his thoughts in letters sent back home to his family. Winarsky said of himself, “If you want to know who I am, look at my art, my music and my books.” While music and books were part of Winarsky’s identity, art was his calling. The paintings and drawings of Winarsky reflect emotion, exuberance and insightful character portrayal. His subject matter ranges from powerful holocaust evocations to jubilant nature and urban interpretations to character explorations. The tragic empathy and gravity that are evident in his Semetic character ensembles are counterbalanced by the uplifting vitality of his colorful landscapes, cityscapes, still lives, and harbor scenes. Most of his best oil paintings are vibrant expressions of color and form that resonate beauty and probity. Appropo of Winarsky’s varyingly dynamic, often pure and sometimes quasi-geometric use of color, one could wonder about Oscar Bluemner’s influence on Winarsky’s vision. Much of Winarsky’s work could be viewed stylistically as that of an American Colorist in the modified tradition of Bluemner with whose work and color theories Winarsky probably was familiar. Many of Winarsky’s landscape paintings fit/pictorially express Bluemner’s notion:“Whatever inner impulse we address towards nature is abstract. Thus, a landscape, as a motive for expression, undergoes a free transformation from objective reality to a subjective realization of personal vision.” *Oscar Bluemner: American Colorist, p.23, Fogg Museum, October 11-November 15, 1967) Moreover, Winarsky’s frequent use of simplified masses in landscapes reflects the influence of Marsden Hartley as well as that of Oscar Bluemner. Combining his preoccupations with World War II history and military aircraft design, Winarsky also painted many watercolors of aerial combat, missions and sorties. Winarsky was not devoured by the holocaust horror but was indelibly touched by its human lesson. As a result it seems he was emancipated to appreciate the beauty of life and art more not less because of its occurrence. His style was variably expressionist and impressionist with a modernist flair and a representational base that gave his work multiple facets. His palette was zestful, his compositions bold and forthright and oftentimes quite complex. Winarsky, as have most successful artists, has left us with a pictorial range of his interests, attitudes and favorite subject matter in a expressive and effective manner. Appropo of his modernist approach, Winarsky did not try to record the literal but rather sought to transform it. His subject matter, whether it was a still life, a figure or a landscape, was channeled through his transformative sensibilities with an often cogent result. Perhaps his greatest gift was that he was a committed and imaginative colorist whose vision was authentic, personal and accessible. Winarsky had no other non-service residence other than his family home until 1965. He then married Bernice Kurman and moved to Eastern Parkway in Newark before settling permanently three years later at 299 Short Hills Avenue in Springfield, N.J. , a home on a wooded lot that served as a refuge, studio and subject for Winarsky. He supported his wife, his son & his daughter by working in research and development at Squibb/Bristol Meyers. Despite his more public life in science, privately he was constantly immersed in his lifelong growth as an artist. Winarsky died of a heart attack in his Springfield home in June of 2006, leaving a large inventory of his passion and vision intact. Israel Louis Winarsky should be remembered for his beautiful impressionistic and expressionistic landscapes, his holocaust depictions, his urban portrayals, his colorful still lives, his harbor renderings and his expressionistic character interpretations, all of which secure a place for him among New Jersey’s most remarkable 20th century artists.

c1930 Samuel Edgar Rusk Estate Town of Hunter Greene County NY Map

c1930 Samuel Edgar Rusk Estate Town of Hunter Greene County NY Map. From the estate Rochester NY artist Edward Irving Rusk. I purchased the map in the condition the unrolled scans show with other estate items. It received it torn around the diameter in several spots as the unrolled scan shows and did not attempt to unroll, due to the brittle nature, sold as found as such. It measures 33″l with edge wear. Included are 2 Rusk brochures, each creased and a bit brittle on the fold. Good condition, they will mail rolled tubed. A nice find. Failure to read full description may result in delays and misunderstandings. Please look elsewhere if you feel shipping charge quoted is too high. I do not set rates and can’t afford to absorb these costs, being a small operation. Charge calculated by packed size, weight and ship to destination from NY. I do not offer free shipping and do not accept best offers with shipping included.

1930-50 WARNER BAXTER 30×26 Airbrush Painting Portrait Kessel Hollywood

A framed airbrushed Hollywood Portrait painting of Warner Baxter by Herman Van Kessel. Signed in the lower right corner.Dimensions: Painting – 18.5H x 14.5W inches, Frame – 30.5H x 26.5W inches Not examined out of the frame. Van Kessel was born in 1878 Ravenstein, Holland to a long lineage of artists going back to the 17th-century. From an early age he was trained in freehand drawing and oil painting until at 16, his family moved to the United States and settled in Minnesota. Working as a lumberjack, he saved enough money at 20-years old to move to Chicago and study art and air brush technique. In 1920, he moved and settled in Los Angeles, California to open his own studio downtown on 7th street working in conjunction with a photography studio featuring clients such as Loew’s Statem, Graumann’s Chinese, Hollywood Pantages, and RKO Theaters. In the mid to late 1930s, Van Kessel did not agree to join the union and as a result lost many of his employed artists and movie work, forcing him into working alone by 1940. He built his own studio behind his home

Hornung-Jensen (1882) Figures in Summer Landscape. Dated 1930.– COA

Oil on cardboard, signed C. Hornung-Jensen and dated 1930, titled May Day in Dyrehaven on the back. Impressionist Danish landscape with figures strolling along a winding path under a spring sky. Presented in original gilt frame with delicate beading. COA included. Shipping to U.S. Buyers Shipped securely with DHL Express (tracked). Original artworks (HS 9701) are duty-free when imported into the United States. Buyers may be responsible for local state taxes.

Leon Dolice (1892–1960) New York Harbor Nocturne, c. 1930-40 Pastel Painting

Titled “New York Harbor Nocturne”. Done c.1930-1940. Throughout his career he typically sold his art face-to-face.

Mexican feather art work known as Plumaria folk art from the 1930s -1960’s

Vintage Original Framed Mid Century Oil Painting c.1930’s-1960’s Unsigned 26×22

Up be for auction is a beautiful oil on canvas painting depicting probably a New England coast area or a Great Lakes region. The colors are bright and the scenery is reminiscent of an American landscape. It is not signed, but done by a very good artist. It is framed . There are some minor nicks on the frame and canvas , as pictured. Overall a very nice item.

Item Tag: 1930-1960