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Jose Ramon Lerma
"To a Night" - Mid Century Abstract Expressionism
1960

Name: "To a Night" - Mid Century Abstract Expressionism
Brand: Jose Ramon Lerma
Rating: 5 (358 reviews)

$2,280List Price

About the Item

Stunning and dynamic mid-century abstract expressionist painting by Jose Ramon Lerma (American, 1930 - 2016). Signed, dated (1960) and titled on verso. Unframed size: 16"'H x 12" x 2"D. José Ramón Lerma, an abstract landscape painter from the Salinas Valley and one of the first Chicano artists to attend a formal art school. A member of the Beat Generation, Lerma was among the small group of Hispanic Chicano artists who emerged out of post-War San Francisco studying with Hassel Smith, Edward Corbett and James Budd Dixon at the California School of Fine Art in the early ‘50s, he hung a show at Spatsa gallery in 1959. Lerma immersed himself in the San Francisco that was the home of Beat Culture and an important center for Abstract Expressionism. Lerma's peers include Wallace Berman, George Herms, Roy De Forest, Bruce Conner, Manuel Neri, William T. Wiley, Luis Cervantes and Jay DeFeo. He was integral to the burgeoning gallery scene in San Francisco in the early 60's having solo exhibitions at seminal gallery spaces the East-West Gallery, The Cellar, Spatsa Gallery, Russian Hill Gallery and most recently a major retrospective of his paintings, collages and constructions from 1954-2000 was held at Intersection for the Arts. Lerma has also participated in numerous group exhibitions including the Oakland Museum, The San Francisco Museum of Art, The Sonoma County Museum, Galeria de la Raza, Gallery Sanchez, Somar Gallery, Mission Cultural Center, Richmond Art Center, La Raza Graphics Center, and the Walter and McBean Galleries at SFAI. His work has also been exhibited nationally including the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Albuquerque, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Evergreen State College, and Tuscon Museum of the Arts. Lerma lives and works in Oakland, CA. Born April 13, 1930 Hollister, California (San Benito County) 1954-1958 Attended California School of Fine Arts Scholarship and G.I. Bill Bachelor’s of Fine Arts 1958 San Francisco, California 1951-1953 U.S. Army Medical Corp Intelligence 223rd Regimental Headquarters, 40th Division, Korea 1950-1951 Attended California School of Fine Arts (S.F. Art Institute) San Francisco, California 1948 Received scholarship to California School of Fine Arts (S.F. Art Institute) San Francisco, California SCHOOLING California School of Fine Arts, later to become the San Francisco Art Institute in San Francisco, California. served in the United States Army from October 1951 to August 1953. 1954-1958 Design Instructors: Dorr Bothwell Painting Instructors:Roger Barr, Elmer Bischoff, Ralph DuCasse and Ralph Putzker Color and Composition Instructors: Jean Varda Drawing Instructors: Ralph DuCasse, Roger Barr, Nathan Oliviera and Sonia Gechtoff Printmaking / Lithography Instructors: James Bud Dixon and Nathan Oliviera Sculpture Instructors: Robert Howard, Tom Hardy and Keith Monroe 1950-1951 Color and Composition Instructors: Elmer Bischoff and Jack Davis Drawing Instructors: Hassel Smith, Ralph Johnson and Edward Corbett Aesthetics Instructors: David Park. Jose Ramon Lerma, a San Francisco artist whose work spanned seven decades, Jose was born in 1930 in the Salinas Valley, the oldest of ten children. As a student in 1948, his artistic talent was noted by his teachers. He was awarded a scholarship to California School of Fine Arts (now SFAI), one of its first Latino students. Drafted into the U.S. Army at the start of the Korean War, Jose was stationed close to the front. "Every day was intense. One was illuminated with the fear of dying." His experiences there transformed him as a person and as an artist. "I came home a changed person, and I became anti-war." When Jose returned to the Art Institute, he "went into painting and drawing with a fury." The Art Institute was an important center for Abstract Expressionism, and there he studied under Elmer Bischoff, Nathan Oliviera, Hassell Smith and Dorr Bothwell. Abstract expressionism gave Jose the internal language he sought. "Abstract art is creating something new - expressing emotion through the use of composition, color, texture, brush strokes. It comes from inside. Look for the emotional content." Jose immersed himself in San Francisco's Beat Culture. His peers and friends included Wallace Berman, George Herms, Roy De Forest, Bruce Conner, Manuel Neri, William T. Wiley, Luis Cervantes and Jay DeFeo. Jose was close to photographers Imogen Cunningham and Jerry Burchard. Both caught his image in many photographs. Jose Lerma was integral to the 50's burgeoning gallery scene with solo exhibitions at seminal gallery spaces the East-West Gallery, The Cellar, the Green Gallery, Spatsa Gallery and the Russian Hill Gallery. He found "the art world of the fifties free of the market and its temptations. There was a certain purity about it. We were creating a new language based on our history." Jose Lerma's work was featured in numerous group exhibitions including the Oakland Museum, San Francisco Museum of Art, the deYoung Museum, Galeria de la Raza, Gallery Sanchez, the National Steinbeck Center, Somar Gallery, Mission Cultural Center, the Mexican Museum, Richmond Art Center, La Raza Graphics Center and SFAI's McBean Galleries. His work was exhibited nationally at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Albuquerque, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Evergreen State College and Tucson Museum of the Arts. In his later years, Jose was celebrated with major retrospective exhibits at Intersection of the Arts, the John Natsoulas Gallery and Oakland's Civic Center Gallery. Jose Lerma appears prominently in "The Heart of the Mission" by Cary Cordova (University of Pennsylvania Press.) Those wishing to study his work and papers should contact the Jose Ramon Lerma Archive in UC Santa Barbara's Special Collections.

Creator:
Jose Ramon Lerma (American)
Creation Year:
1960
Dimensions:
Height: 16 in (40.64 cm)Width: 12 in (30.48 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
Medium:
Oil,Wood Panel
Movement Style:
Abstract Expressionist
Period:
1960-1969
Condition:
Excellent paint condition.
Gallery Location:
Soquel, CA
Reference Number:
Seller: JT-D-D48451stDibs: LU5421335823

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