ARTIST: Charles Knotek (American, 1933 - 2008)
TITLE: Fairchild (titled on verso)
YEAR: 1982
MEDIUM: watercolor on board
CONDITION: Minor damages to corners.
ART SIZE: 14 x 16 inches / 35 x 40 cm
BOARD SIZE: 20 x 24 inches / 50 x 60 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
PROVENANCE: Collection of James A Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.
LOCATION: This lot is located at our Dania Beach, FL office.
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
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SKU#: 141009
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BIOGRAPHY:
Born in 1933, Charles Knotek was predominantly inspired by the 1950s. Abstract Expressionism, a form of painting that studied notions of spirituality and the sublime, dominated the 1950s. Many artists concentrated on the formal properties of painting, and action painting was influenced by the political freedom of the United States, as opposed to the strict nature of the Soviet bloc. Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Frank Kline, Barnett Newman, Clyfford Still and Adolph Gottlieb were predominant artists of this period. The male dominated environment has been subsequently revisited to acknowledge the contributions of female artists such as Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, and Louise Bourgeois, amongst others.