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By the Window by the Sea, Original Oil by Marc Verte, circa 1993

$35,000List Price

About the Item

A stunning oil on canvas by Marc Verte dating from c.1993 150 x 120 cm, signed lower right. Excerpted from a review by Lee Burr, April 1994 Marc Verte Born: Cracow Poland Educated: Bielsko-Biala College of Fine Art (Magna Cum Laude) Exhibited: 1994: Los Angeles, Palm Springs, Paris Preferred Media: Acrylic and Oil on Canvas Marc Verte paintings all contain an appreciative pictorial nod to the Fauvist masters. Indeed, the informed viewer will recognise the use of pure contrasting colour to achieve visual resonance. Certainly too, vigorous brushwork is strongly in evidence. Even the subject choices identify a painter entirely conversant with the works of predecessor members of the Fauvist circle. But neither Matisse, Derain, Dufy, nor other fathers of this highly influential stylistic discipline would view Verte paintings to be merely derivative. Rather, Marc Verte paintings proclaim the emergence of an independent talent; completely comfortable with the diverse demands of the painters craft. The artist’s recent canvases (those dating from late ’93) show clearly a daunting range of skill and self-reliance. In three separate series of paintings, one focusing on colour, a second on pattern and the third on brushwork, Verte proves equal to every challenge. With the Colour Series, the artist restrains a polished drawing skill in order to show the special power of richly applied colour. Subjects - florals, figures, exteriors,- retreat as the colours advance. Objects are outlined and defined by colour alone. Yet the series is neither raw nor uncontrolled. Deftly, the artist proves able to compose that which to a lesser talent might appear to be a problem without solution. The Pattern Series challenges the artist to give form and meaning to randomly applied materials. Paint, stained paper, colour tissue, even scraps of gilt are almost carelessly applied to the surface of a canvas. Verte then finds the subjects – usually oversized flowers or leaves – by blocking out a border area here, an interior area there. Brush or oil pastel is used to enhance discovery while retaining pattern. Thus does the subject emerge; indistinct, yet complete. The Brushstroke Series is clearly and unabashedly a demonstration of true virtuosity. With economy of line and colour, the artist proves uncommonly able to draw with the brush. No object of interest is laboriously rendered. No image is relentlessly defined. Brushstrokes seem random, yet are not. The subjects, most often wildflowers, are identified effortlessly. These extemporaneous studies attest to the extraordinary degree to which this painter can rely on pure instinct. Marc Verte maintains a studio in Southern California and lives in Los Angeles.

Dimensions:
Height: 47.25 in (120 cm)Width: 59.06 in (150 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Canvas
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
Late 20th Century
Date of Manufacture:
c.1993
Condition:
In perfect original condition.
Seller Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU9615762627

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