Alex Zwarenstein Hand Signed Limited Edition Canvas Giclee:"Penzance Harbor"
Artist: Alex Zwarenstein
Title: Penzance Harbor
Image Size: 24" x 36"
Edition: Signed by the artist . Includes a certificate of authenticity. Limited to 99 .
Medium: Canvas Giclee
About the Artist: Artist Alex Zwarenstein is famous throughout 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 Royal Academy of Art, London M.A. University of London B.A. Honors Harrow College of Art - Foundation
AWARDS RECIPIENT OF THE BIENNIAL ROYAL ACADEMY GOLD MEDAL IN PAINTING 1979 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
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo Shows 2012 OK Harris Gallery 2007 The E. David Gallery, Pennsylvania 2005, 2006, 2007 Art Obsession Gallery,Tokyo 2005 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York 2004 Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago 2004 Alysia Duckler Gallery. Portland Oregon 2003 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York 2001 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York 2001 Alysia Duckler Gallery. Portland Oregon 2000 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York 1998 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York
GROUP SHOWS 2007 - Present The Old Print Shop, New York 2008 Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York 2004 Miranda Gallery, Aspen Colorado
2003 Albermarle Gallery, London 1978 - 1980 Royal Academy of Art Summer Show, London
TEACHING 1989 - Present The National Academy of Design 2006 - Present Art Students League of New York 1994 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York 1979 - 1983 Harrow College of Art, University of London
SELECTED COLLECTIONS The Museum Of The City Of New York The New York Stock Exchange The London City Council Texas Tech University Public Art Collection Collection Of The San-In Godo Bank, Japan The National Gallery of Art of Zimbabwe The Baronet, Sir James Walker Collection Sir Freddy Laker John Bookout, (Past C.E.O. Shell Oil) Richard Furlaud, (Past Chairman of Squib) Frank Bennack, (Past C.E.O. Hearst Corp) Matsushige Mita, (President Hitachi Corp) J.W.Michaels, (Retired Editor, Forbes Magazine) Abraham Art Collection, Texas Gettinger Art Collection, New York The Yamaguchi Collection, Tokyo
PUBLICATION AND ARTICLES 2013 Documentary Feature Film: Brillo Box (3 Cents Off). Written and Directed by Lisanne Skyler for PBS 2012 Featured Artist in the Art Magazine: Carrier Pigeon 2012 Contributing Author, (Perspective): The Visual Language of Drawing; Lessons In The Art of Seeing, Crown Press and the Art Students League 2011 Utrecht Artist of the Month 2005 Interview: Art Interview Magazine 2002 Broadcast: National Geographic Special: Water towers of New York 2005 New York Times: Art In Soho 2001 Feature Article; The Oregonian: Alex Zwarenstein: Partisan of the Perpendicular 1989 New American Painters 1984 - 1988: Forbes Magazine Cover Artist 1981 BOOK: The Materials and Techniques of Painting
Title: Penzance Harbor
Image Size: 24" x 36"
Edition: Signed by the artist . Includes a certificate of authenticity. Limited to 99 .
Medium: Canvas Giclee
About the Artist: Artist Alex Zwarenstein is famous throughout 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 Royal Academy of Art, London M.A. University of London B.A. Honors Harrow College of Art - Foundation
AWARDS RECIPIENT OF THE BIENNIAL ROYAL ACADEMY GOLD MEDAL IN PAINTING 1979 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
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo Shows 2012 OK Harris Gallery 2007 The E. David Gallery, Pennsylvania 2005, 2006, 2007 Art Obsession Gallery,Tokyo 2005 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York 2004 Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago 2004 Alysia Duckler Gallery. Portland Oregon 2003 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York 2001 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York 2001 Alysia Duckler Gallery. Portland Oregon 2000 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York 1998 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York
GROUP SHOWS 2007 - Present The Old Print Shop, New York 2008 Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York 2004 Miranda Gallery, Aspen Colorado
2003 Albermarle Gallery, London 1978 - 1980 Royal Academy of Art Summer Show, London
TEACHING 1989 - Present The National Academy of Design 2006 - Present Art Students League of New York 1994 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York 1979 - 1983 Harrow College of Art, University of London
SELECTED COLLECTIONS The Museum Of The City Of New York The New York Stock Exchange The London City Council Texas Tech University Public Art Collection Collection Of The San-In Godo Bank, Japan The National Gallery of Art of Zimbabwe The Baronet, Sir James Walker Collection Sir Freddy Laker John Bookout, (Past C.E.O. Shell Oil) Richard Furlaud, (Past Chairman of Squib) Frank Bennack, (Past C.E.O. Hearst Corp) Matsushige Mita, (President Hitachi Corp) J.W.Michaels, (Retired Editor, Forbes Magazine) Abraham Art Collection, Texas Gettinger Art Collection, New York The Yamaguchi Collection, Tokyo
PUBLICATION AND ARTICLES 2013 Documentary Feature Film: Brillo Box (3 Cents Off). Written and Directed by Lisanne Skyler for PBS 2012 Featured Artist in the Art Magazine: Carrier Pigeon 2012 Contributing Author, (Perspective): The Visual Language of Drawing; Lessons In The Art of Seeing, Crown Press and the Art Students League 2011 Utrecht Artist of the Month 2005 Interview: Art Interview Magazine 2002 Broadcast: National Geographic Special: Water towers of New York 2005 New York Times: Art In Soho 2001 Feature Article; The Oregonian: Alex Zwarenstein: Partisan of the Perpendicular 1989 New American Painters 1984 - 1988: Forbes Magazine Cover Artist 1981 BOOK: The Materials and Techniques of Painting
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