Jules Olitski (American, 1922-2007) "Lament of Absalom-8", 1973 water base acrylic on canvas signed, titled, dated and further inscribed en verso canvas, with two "Meredith Long & Co., Houston, Texas" gallery labels, along with an inventory label. Thin gallery frame. 75" x 55", framed 76-1/2" x 56-1/2" Provenance: Private collection, Houston, Texas; Meredith Long & Co., Houston, Texas. Notes: Jules Olitski was born Jevel Demikovsky, March 27, 1922 in Snovsk, Russia, (now Ukraine) and immigrated to the United States in 1923 with his mother and grandmother settling in Brooklyn, New York. Olitski revealed an early interest in drawing, and eventually won a scholarship to study art at the prestigious Pratt Institute. He was also admitted to the National Academy of Design in New York and the Beaux Arts Institute in New York from 1940-1942. Olitski was drafted into the army during WWII and soon after his discharge he went to Paris on the G.I. Bill where he studied at the Ossip Zadkine School and the Academia de la Grande Chaumiere. Europe introduced him to the modern, non-figurative masters and while there he went to some lengths to remove himself from the earlier academic training as a portrait painter. Returning to New York, he received a B.A., followed by an M.A. in Art Education, both from New York University. His first one-man show at the Zodiac Room of the Alexander Lolas Gallery in 1958 showed the artist's coming of age, exhibiting muted, thickly impastoed paintings and rejecting his vibrant, energetic "Paris" work. Over the following decades, Olitski continued to experiment with various mediums, textures and techniques. A prolific artist, continued to create, educate and exhibit until a few weeks before his death in 2007. He was considered a central figure in Color Field Painting, whose flat, one-dimensional pieces reviewers said, gave a sense of continuation beyond the borders of the paintings. In 1966, Olitski, Helen Frankenthaler Roy Lichtenstein and Ellsworth Kelly were selected to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale contemporary art exhibition. "Lament of Absalom-8" is a wonderful example of the work of early 1970s, where he moved from spray paintings that made him famous earlier, into subtle palettes, combined with surfaces built by strong brushwork.
Jules Olitski (American, 1922-2007) "Lament of Absalom-8", 1973 water base acrylic on canvas signed, titled, dated and further inscribed en verso canvas, with two "Meredith Long & Co., Houston, Texas" gallery labels, along with an inventory label. Thin gallery frame. 75" x 55", framed 76-1/2" x 56-1/2" Provenance: Private collection, Houston, Texas; Meredith Long & Co., Houston, Texas. Notes: Jules Olitski was born Jevel Demikovsky, March 27, 1922 in Snovsk, Russia, (now Ukraine) and immigrated to the United States in 1923 with his mother and grandmother settling in Brooklyn, New York. Olitski revealed an early interest in drawing, and eventually won a scholarship to study art at the prestigious Pratt Institute. He was also admitted to the National Academy of Design in New York and the Beaux Arts Institute in New York from 1940-1942. Olitski was drafted into the army during WWII and soon after his discharge he went to Paris on the G.I. Bill where he studied at the Ossip Zadkine School and the Academia de la Grande Chaumiere. Europe introduced him to the modern, non-figurative masters and while there he went to some lengths to remove himself from the earlier academic training as a portrait painter. Returning to New York, he received a B.A., followed by an M.A. in Art Education, both from New York University. His first one-man show at the Zodiac Room of the Alexander Lolas Gallery in 1958 showed the artist's coming of age, exhibiting muted, thickly impastoed paintings and rejecting his vibrant, energetic "Paris" work. Over the following decades, Olitski continued to experiment with various mediums, textures and techniques. A prolific artist, continued to create, educate and exhibit until a few weeks before his death in 2007. He was considered a central figure in Color Field Painting, whose flat, one-dimensional pieces reviewers said, gave a sense of continuation beyond the borders of the paintings. In 1966, Olitski, Helen Frankenthaler Roy Lichtenstein and Ellsworth Kelly were selected to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale contemporary art exhibition. "Lament of Absalom-8" is a wonderful example of the work of early 1970s, where he moved from spray paintings that made him famous earlier, into subtle palettes, combined with surfaces built by strong brushwork.
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