| | Charles White (1918-1979) | 
| One of America's most renowned and recognized African-American artists. Working primarily in black/white and sepia/white, he was an incredibly skilled draftsmanship whose sensitivity and power has reached millions. His meticulously executed drawings and paintings speak of and affirm the humanity and beauty of black people. He received numerous honors and awards and has been exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, Whitney Museum, Metropolitan Museum, Smithsonian Institution, National Academy of Design, and elsewhere throughout the world. He was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1972. The Heritage Gallery had represented the artist from the early 1960s, when Mr. Horowitz gave the artist his first show in Los Angeles. back to the top | |
| Pablo Picasso | 
| "Faune Musicien", 1948 (ref: Bloch 522)
lithograph, edition 50,
25 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches
signed and numbered 21/50 back to the top | |
Kathe Kollwitz (German 1867-1945) | 
| The work of this Prussian artist is of Social Protest: her focus was the common man and woman. She created a series of etchings, The Weavers Revolt, from 1884-98 based on the peasants' strike of 1844, and a second series, Peasant Wars, from 1902-1908. After 1920, she was increasingly involved in workers movements, creating the woodcut series War from 1922-23 and Proletariat in 1925. Her tender images of mothers with children focused on the needs of working-class families. back to the top | | | | | David Alfaro Siqueiros (Mexican 1898-1974) | 
| David Alfaro Siqueiros is one of Mexico's most important artists. Born in Chihuahua, Mexico, the artist attended the Open Air Art School in Santa Anita, Mexico. In 1914, he enlisted in the army, fighting in the Mexican Revolution. He painted his first mural in 1923, the beginning of a long career that would make him famous throughout Mexico and the United States. The Santa Barbara Museum of Art recently celebrated the installation of a Siqueiros mural that had been moved from a private home in Pacific Palisades. Another important mural painted iin downtown Los Angeles is now being restored by the Getty Museum. back to the top | | | William Gropper | 
| This major painter of Social Realism and illustrator of political cartoons was born in New York City in 1897. He studied with Robert Henri and George Bellows. He took realistic art and turned it into pungent critique of the ills of modern society. He spoke of the hypocrisy of its leaders, most notably members of the government in Washington. At the same time, his sympathy for the laborer, the displace person, and the underdog gave his art a humanitarian warmth that muffled any propagandistic shrillness. His incisive views are still relevant as we approach the 21st century. His works are in most major collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Metropolitan Museum. back to the top | | | Raphael Soyer (American 1899-1988) | 
| Raphael Soyer was the twin brother of Moses Soyer. They were born in 1899 in Tombov, Russia and came to the U.S. in 1912. R. Soyer studied art in New York at the Cooper Union, the National Academy of Design, and the Art Students League. His favored themes are urban views (such as Sixth Avenue), interiors, and quiet moments in the lives of people. He also worked in the print media, etchings, and lithographs. After 1940, he began to concentrate on studies of women at work or posing in the studio. His paintings and prints are in almost all major U.S. museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. back to the top | | |
Ricardo Carbajal-Moss | 
| "The surrealist artist who makes magic with his brush." Carbajal-Moss studied at the University of the Americas in Mexico City, at the Instituto Allende in San Miguel Allende, Mexico, and at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. His work has been exhibited widely in Mexico and California, including exhibits at the Salon de la Plastica Mexicana in Mexico City, the Cinco de Mayo Show at the Los Angeles Civic Center in 1975, and the San Diego Art Institute, among others. In 1997 he won the Grumbacher First Prize Award. back to the top | |
Raoul Dufy (French 1877-1953) | 
| "The artist worked in a sub-Impressionist manner until 1905, when the impact of the Fauve movement impelled him to adopt a simplified form and bright colors. He designed textiles, ceramics, stage sets, and costumes as well as joyful paintings. The gay, light-hearted, decorative style, eminently suited his range of subjects: esplanades, race courses, regattas, Paris scenes, etc. He employed a rapid, modish calligraphic draughtsmanship. back to the top | |
Michael Shankman |  | Born in Colorado, Shankman studied art at the University of California at Santa Barbara and at Studio Art Centers International in Florence, Italy. He is currently living in San Francisco. back to the top | |
Hans Burkhardt (1904-1994) | | The artist was born in Switzerland and studied at the Cooper Unition from 1925 to 1928. From 1929 to 1936, he worked in the Arshile gorky Studio, where he met and worked with Willem de Kooning. Burkhardt's works are found in many museums throughout the world, including Moderna Museet in Stockhom; Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C.; New York's Guggneheim Museum; and the Columbia Museum of Art in South Carolina. back to the top | |
Carlos Almaraz | 
| Carlos Almaraz was born in Mexico in 1949. He was raised in Chicago and later in Los Angeles, where he was an early participant in the Chicano movement. Almaraz was a member of "Los Four,"the first Chicano group to have an exhibit (in 1974) at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. "Los Four" were key to the development of the urban chicano iconography through an appropriation of Mesoamerican motifs. back to the top | |
Emil Kosa, Jr. (American 1903-1968) | 
| Painter, muralist, lithographer, Kosa was known for his California Plein Air paintings. He was born in Paris, France and studied at the Prague Academy and at the Ecole des Beaus-Arts in Paris. On moving to the United States, he studied and taught at the California Art Institute, at the Otis Art Institute, and at the Chouinard Art Institute. He was a member of the National Academy of Art and the American Water Color Society. His works have been exhibited throughout the US, including the Los Anageles County Museum of Art; Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939-1940; Art Institute of Chicago; National Academy of Design; Philadelphia Academy of Art; Corcoran Gallery of Art; Carnegie Institute; Denver Museum of Art; and the Frye Museum in Seattle. back to the top | | | | Rufino Tamayo (Mexican 1899-1991) |  | Born in Oaxaca, Mexico of Zapotex parents, Tamayo moved to Mexico City as a boy. He studied at the San Carlos Academy in 1917. His work has been exhibited widely in Central and South America, Europe, and the United States. He exhibited at the Weyhe Gallery in New York in 1926. In 1946 the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City exhibited a retrospective of Tamayo's work, and in 1978, the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., held an individual exhibition of his work that traveled to several museums. In 1979 a major retrospective, Rufino Tamayo: Myth and Magic, was shown at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. back to the top | | Moses Soyer (1899-1974) | 
| Moses Soyer was the twin brother of Raphael Soyer. They were born in 1899 in Tombov, Russia and came to the U.S. in 1912. M. Soyer studied in New York City at the Cooper Union, the National Academy of Design, the Educational Alliance, and the Ferrer School, all between 1916 and 1920. His work extends into the present Rembrand's warm, expressive, and humanistic portraits and interiors. Like his brother Raphael, he did many self-portraits. During the 1930s and 1940s he depicted the effects of the Depression on the unemployed and the underprivileged. During the 1940s, he portrayed many dancers, often in poses, and often with a measure of melancholy. His works are found in major U.S. museums, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. back to the top | | | Rico Lebrun (1900-1964) | 
| Painter, muralist, sculptor, Lebrun was born in Naples, Italy and died in Malibu, California. He is known for strong figurative images, frequently in black and white. In 1954, he began work on his Buchenwald series, an exploration of the horrors of World War II. His Crucifixion Series (as a metaphor) was the basis of a retropective exhibit in Los Angeles in 1967. His work has been exhibited by and is in the collections of numerous museums throughtout the U.S., South America, and Europe. Major exhibits of his work were held in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1945, 1948, 1951 (prize), and the famous retrospective in 1967. Other exhibits include Venice Biennal, 1950; Whitney Museum of American Art, 1938-63, Art Gallery of Toronto (solo), 1949, Philadelphia Academy of Fine Art, 1945, 1951-53 (gold medal); among many others. back to the top | | | Alfredo Castaneda | 
| Born in Mexico City in 1938, Castaneda received a degree in architecture from the University of Mexico and in 1969 he had his first one-man show at the Galeria de Arte Mexicano. His surrealist imagery intrigues viewers and his works are included in museums in Mexico, Latin America, the United States, Europe, and Japan. back to the top | | | Leo Limon | 
| The artist was born and still livesin Los Angeles. While he was in high school, Limon was influenced by and was involved in the significant Chicano Movement, Los Four. During his time with Self-Help Graphics, a community-based visual arts center, Limon helped to develop the annual celebration of Dia de Los Mertos and the Atelier Printmaking Program. back to the top | | | | Jose Luis Cuevas | 
| Cuevas was born in 1934, is a self-taught artist, engraver, and sculptor. During the 1950s Cuevas was very active in the "Rupture Generation - Generacion de Rupture" that looked for a break from the Mexican mural painting school with its social content message. His symbols are of the inner conflict and turmoil of mankind. Looking inward, he is sometimes likened to Franz Kafka. His art has a unique style that clearly indentifies his work. He has received many awards, including the Drawing Price at the V Biennial of Sao Paulo (1959) and the National Prize of Science and Art of Mexico (1981), the highest distinction awarded scientists and artists by the Mexican Government. back to the top | |
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