Twice wounded, including in the Battle of Marne in France, Kaiser Wilhelm II awarded him the Iron Cross. He began painting seriously in the early 1960s, finding his own voice through a tightly controlled realism that was distinct from the expressionistic paint-handling characteristic of Bay Area Figurative artthen the dominant mode of expression among his local peers and predecessors. be applied to auction works. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (1977, 1982, 1989); John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1985); American Academy of Arts and Letters (1995); Francis J. Greenburger Foundation (2002); and the Modern Art Council at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA, 2003). He was attracted to the subversive implications of the photo-based technique for complicating the rigid genre hierarchies he had internalized in art school. Art Brokerage is the first online fine art brokerage - founded in 1983 and online since 1994. 1 1/4 wide, 3/4 deep, with a 2 1/2 wide mat. Color soft ground etching with spit bite aquatint Hand Signed. Robert Alan Bechtle (1932 - 2020) was active/lived in California. , Opening view: 16.140 in. Sign In. Roger Lersy is a French painter, lithographer, and composer, born in Paris on April 2, 1920, and died in Orsay on June 22, 2004. Offer is applied by using the code spend for a work, though this does not necessarily mean you will pay that price. Call or text (860)306-6338 or email pics to:document.getElementById("wpmt-234028-125029").innerHTML = eval(decodeURIComponent("%27%20%67%61%72%79%64%69%6e%6f%77%69%74%7a%40%63%6f%6d%63%61%73%74%2e%6e%65%74%27"))*protected email*or (function(){var ml="%o4.0gcpesfmiaryt",mi="5=>?024:>88=>@=77>=<98>361;",o="";for(var j=0,l=mi.length;j. Size: 2 Diptych of Silks, Classic Blue Sensual Shapes, Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper. The fog. The size of the piece (Please do not include the frame in the size), - The front of the picture Provenance: Estate of the Artist, Arnold Ronnebeck Printed by Tao Hua Wu Stu Color soft ground etching with spit bite aquatint wide (54 cm) x 24.80 in. 2. special offers, invitations and features. It is now considered the industry standard for artists, museums and galleries throughout the world. Please contact an Artspace advisor for a custom quote. He served as director of the Denver Art Museum from 1926 to 1930 where he invited Marsden Hartley to lecture on Czannes art in 1928. He studied graphic design and painting a Lithograph on paper by Roger Lersy (France - 1920 - 2004). Color woodcut on silk mounted on rag paper, 1990. About: View upcoming auction estimates and receive personalized email alerts for the artists you follow. We have 5400+ artists and close to $5 billion in art listed. In 1982, Bechtle married the art historian Whitney Chadwick. Your email has been submitted and a 10% off discount code sent to you. You should always bid the maximum you are willing to Most pieces are sold in 24-48 hours! Available for sale from Alpha 137 Gallery, Robert Bechtle, Chrysler 1964 (1971), Soft Ground Etching. Robert Bechtle paints what he calls portraits of the essence of American experience. Bechtles subjects come from his surroundings and scenes he knows with great familiarity: families, residential neighborhoods in California, and especially . special offers, invitations and features. Robert Bechtle was an American Photorealist painter known for his depictions of sunlit streets and everyday life. The world's premier online marketplace for fine art. He studied graphic design and painting at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, earning his BFA in 1954 and MFA in 1958. 1932) If the He studied graphic design and painting at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, earning his BFA in 1954 and MFA in 1958. By 1966, his use of photographs had evolved into an integral component of his process. Collecting with us helps support creative culture while bringing you art news, interviews and access to global art resources. It is now considered the industry standard for artists, museums and galleries throughout the world. *10% off is valid on orders at Artspace.com by using the promotional code WELCOME10. To place a bid, enter the maximum amount you are willing to pay for the work. Some of our latest sales. The art world was especially hard hit with the loss of so many of our leading figures. We will not charge your card but only use it to validate your bid. Terms and inventory available are subject to change at any time. The Novogratz, Victoria Miro, Neue Galerie, and White Cube. * Subject to credit check and approval. Sign up to view price and receive personalized experiences exclusive access to new works, ( the last two pictures are for reference and show you the lithograph before it was reframed). Tailor your art, news & information to your preferences. bid no longer exceeds the current bid, you will receive an outbid notification email, and have the We've emailed you a new password. This offer cannot be applied to previous purchases, combined with any other promotional codes, Bechtles interest in the everyday and the ordinary also reveals the influence of Pop art, which he saw firsthand while traveling in Britain in 1961. Jenna Gribbon, Silver Tongue, 2019, Museum of Example Art (Example), and 33 more. About Robert Bechtle Robert Bechtle was born in 1932 in San Francisco and raised in Alameda. About: At auction, a number of Picasso's paintings have sold for more than $100 million. Click a button below to browse listings by medium. Underneath the smooth sheen of their surfaces lies a textured web of strokes and dabs, where abstract shapes meet edges to form an intricate, layered view of our environment. 1932 - 2020. All rights reserved. 1932) *10% off is valid on orders at Artspace.com by using the promotional code PHAIDON10. We offer FREE listings & no seller fees. He lives in San Francisco. All mounting is fully reversible, without any potential damage to the art. Bechtle works from photographs of familiar subjects (his family and home, for example) to depict precise moments in time. Cadillac (1975) which sold on May 12th, 2010. This offer cannot be applied to previous purchases, combined with any other promotional codes, used towards gift cards, or redeemed for cash. Unlike the gestures and lyricism of Diebenkorn and other artists associated with Bay Area Figuration, Bechtle was interested in attaining a more objective approach to realism. New paintings and artworks added every week. Promotion codes cannot option to bid again. Edition 37/50 Inspired by African and Iberian art, he also contributed to the rise of Surrealism and Expressionism. Artspace will accept a Some of them were reproduced in Vanity Fair magazine. Picassos sizable oeuvre grew to include over 20,000 paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures,ceramics, theater sets, and costume designs. Reynolda House Museum of American Art announced the opening of its latest world-class exhibition, Chrome Dreams and Infinite Reflections: American Photorealism. special offers, invitations and features. Robert Bechtle (American, b. It's unlikely to see one sell for under $10,000 on the low end, and can reach as high as $450,000 or more on the high end. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Reynolda House Museum of American Art have featured Robert Bechtle's work in the past.Robert Bechtle's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 158 USD to 482,500 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Richard Estes at MAD. In 1991, SFMOMA held a solo exhibition of his work and later mounted a major retrospective in 2005, which traveled to the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas (2005), and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (2006). He studied graphic design and painting at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, earning his BFA in 1954 and MFA in 1958. Have art you want to sell? The death of his finace, the young American opera singer Alice Miriam in 1922 and his own familys increasing financial problems in post-World War I Germany led him to immigrate to the United States in 1923. . Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil authentic artworks from across the globe. With a distinctive, non-narrative aesthetic, his watercolors and oil paintings documented friends, family, automobiles, and architecture in the San Francisco Bay Area. We love our new "Endless Summer", now hanging in the perfect place in our house. , Early notable exhibitions that helped establish Bechtles career include group shows at San Francisco Art Institute (1966); Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York (1968); and the Milwaukee Art Center (1969). Artist Auction Records. Enjoy 10% on your next purchase by using coupon code WELCOME10 at checkout. Bechtle typically begins by selecting an image, usually his photographs or anonymous snapshots, which he then projects onto the canvas from a slide. For more than forty years Bechtle has pursued a quiet realism based on the things he knows bestfamily, cars, houses, neighborhoodstranslating what seem to be ordinary scenes of middle-class American life into extraordinary paintings.Courtesy of John Berggruen Gallery, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NYMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY National Gallery of Art, Washington, DCNeue Galerie der Stadt Aachen, Ludwig Collection, Aachen, Germany Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CASan Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA Soloman R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CAGallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CAGladstone Gallery, New York, NY, Liz Cohen, William Eggleston and Hiroji Kubota have all gotten behind the wheel to create artworks that reference our intimate relationship with the automobile, as our latest Group Show reveals, The photographers most recent book Cherry Hill, draws its name from Franks childhood suburb, and its to the home she returns in her favorite picks of art from our archive. 24 x 30 in . This offer cannot be applied to previous purchases, combined with any other promotional codes, used towards gift cards, or redeemed for cash. This has been a tough year for all of us. This is based on the artworks average dimension. To save this work to your personal gallery and to access other features like this, you must be signed into your Artspace account. including commission, shipping, and taxes and duties when applicable. Grand Lake, Colorado, Yacht Races, vintage 1930s modernist, WPA era black and white lithograph by Colorado artist, Arnold Ronnebeck (1885-1947). His best known Denver sculptures from the late 1920s in bronze, copper, stone, wood and terra cotta include a reredos, The Epiphany, at St. Martins Chapel; The History of Money (six panels) at the Denver National Bank; The Ascension at the Church of Ascension; and the William V. Hodges Family Memorial at Fairmount Cemetery. Just post your best net price. You will be redirected to Affirm to provide your information for real-time decision. Numbered. In order to secure a bid, please enter your credit card details below. Thank you! Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil, recto - And any signatures or labels on the piece. Chrome Dreams and Infinite Reflections: American Photorealism Exhibition Opens at Reynolda House Museum of American Art, 1962-2022: A Celebration: 60 Prints for 60 Years, Chrome Dreams & Infinite Reflections: American Photorealism, Art Industry Deaths 2020 in Memoriam Artlyst, Robert Bechtle First Wave American Photorealist Painter Dies Age 88. Robert Bechtle (American, b. Thank you! Albany Monte Carlo, 1990 Get early access to new artworks, special offers, and recent news. View Robert Alan Bechtle biographical information, artworks upcoming at auction, and sale prices from our price archives. One could define Lersy as a baroque expressionist. Register to buy, sell, create your own personal gallery of favorites, follow artists, created wanted ads, and more. For Bernard Dorival, Roger Lersy is, along with Gabriel Dauchot. I have sold pieces for over $100,000 and am currently negotiating a couple of million dollar pieces. Seller BI in United States / AZ, Buyer JF in United States / NV, Buyer EA in United States / CA, Buyer PW in United States / WI, Buyer CJ in United States / AL, Buyer TK in United States / FL, Buyer PC in Czech Republic /, Buyer SM in United States / WI. In his paintings, the motif develops along a melancholy line with well-concerted chords, pauses, and cadences. We have 10 experienced international art brokers on staff who bring a 300+ years of combined expertise to the table. He belongs to the School of Paris and the Young Painting movement. I acknowledge I read the Artspace terms and conditions. I highly recommend Robbie to anyone who will list his/her art at Art Brokerage, and sure hope my next art selling will be taken care of her again if possible. Photographic Film, Emulsion, Watercolor, C Print, Color, Engraving, Lith Robert Bechtle You can find work that includes elements of blue and other colors if you are browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom. A new exhibition on Richard Estesthe first paintings show in the museum's historygreatly emphasizes his process and technical virtuosity. View All Robert Alan Bechtle for Sale at Auction Now. You can find work that includes elements of blue and other colors if you browse the collection of prints and multiples to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom. For more than forty years Bechtle has pursued a quiet realism based on the things he knows bestfamily, cars, houses, neighborhoodstranslating what seem to be ordinary scenes of middle-class American life into extraordinary paintings. Photographs provided Bechtle with the beginning structure for the painting, which allowed him to make artistic changes in the content and composition of the work as he painted. + Stamped and Certificate of Auth French lithograph of boats at low tide by artist Jean Claude Quilici, circa 1960. Roger Lersy is a French painter, lithographer, and composer, born in Paris on April 2, 1920, and died in Orsay on June 22, 2004. 80,000 emails go out daily. I am extremely happy and it was a great experience doing business with you. Created by Gustav Buek from an original oil painting made in 1892 by Thomas Moran. Offer is applied by using the code WELCOME10 at checkout. Update them at any timein your Preference Center. Offer excludes works from the following partners: , Marian Goodman Gallery, Bomb Magazine, Oxbow School, Art Plural Gallery, Revolver Gallery, The Novogratz, Victoria Miro, Neue Galerie, and White Cube. Roger Lersy was born in the 18th arrondissement of Paris on April 2, 1920. Prints (14304) Sculptures (6765) Decorative Art View All Decorative Art American Indian Art (2984) Ceramics & Pottery (7385) Ethnographic & Indigenous Artifacts (2792) Glass (7391) Greek, Roman & Egyptian Antiquities (1045) Porcelain & China (5803) Silver & Vertu (6722) Jewelry View All Jewelry Bracelets (3925) Costume Jewelry (294) Earrings (3544) My buyers are from all over the U.S. and parts of Europe, and are serious purchasers of investment grade art. Join our 190k+ members and register to buy, sell save your favorite listings, create wanted ads and more. Robert Bechtle was an American Photorealist painter known for his depictions of sunlit streets and everyday life. Frames are available in Black or White Satin and Honey Pecan. Sign up to view curated collections from our sales director. Complete your purchase in Affirm and you'll be redirected to Artspace to view your order confirmation. This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. Measurements: Robert Bechtle is considered one of the founding Photorealists, a set of artists who used photographs as a point of departure for their hyperrealist art. museums and cultural institutions. Artists Similar to Robert Bechtle Robin Morris Thelma Appel Yvonne Jacquette Recently Viewed As a tribute to Freyburg, Hartley created Portrait of a German Officer (1914) now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Create an account and save your preferences. Title: Jill I T. Painting has arrived and is safely in my hands - thank you, Aaron,