Alfred Van Loen

Liberty vs Slavery Van Loen Bronze Abstract Chess Set Modernist Museum Sculpture

c.1960's

Ted Egri (American, 1913-2010) Bronze sculpture Rabbi Signed Egri and numbered 4/30 on side. Dimensions: 12"L x 8.5"H x 6.75" D Born in New York city in 1913 to a Hungarian Jewish emigre family (both of his parents were born in Hungary), Egri was first exposed to music later dropping that for art. He studied with Howard Giles at the Master Institute of the Roerich Museum in New York where he was introduced to Oriental arts, Chinese and Japanese art forms, and later with Hans Hofmann. He worked for the Federal Arts Project, the WPA, making mural paintings and silkscreen prints as well as easel painting. Once WWII began, Egri signed up to serve as a map maker for the Navy, and was witness to some of the fiercest battles in the Pacific. As an artist, he painted many important depictions of his wartime experiences and these works have all be donated to the U.S. Naval Museum. Already a practicing painter and instructor at the Kansas City Art Institute, Ted Egri came to Taos, New Mexico with his wife Kit in 1950 to continue his study of painting at Ribak's Taos Valley Art School on the GI Bill. Louis Ribak quickly introduced Egri to Eulalia Emetaz, the owner of La Galleria Escondida, who gave him his first one-person show in 1951. A prolific and versatile artist, as well as arts organizer and advocate, Egri's contributions to underserved African American, Native American, Hispanic and women were honored by two Taos mayors, with no less than two Ted Egri days during his 50-year art career in Taos. Egri remained in Taos. He became widely known for his sculpture, influenced by cubism and painting, with his style ranging from abstract to realistic. Egri had incredible draftsmanship - charcoal, pencil, pastel, watercolor, oils, mixed media, pen and ink, acrylic, gouache Over time his work gradually shifted from its focus on human struggle to an exploration of natural elements and the changes that come about as a result of living in a physical environment like Taos. "The impact of the majestic Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range and the vast spaces of the mesas directed me toward space and form. I moved into sculpture," Egri said in a 1987 interview with ARTSPACE magazine. He was included in a show at Stables Gallery along with Emil Bisttram, Louis Catusco, Edward Corbett, Lawrence Calcagno, Keith Crown, Andrew Dasburg, John De...

A very heavy, massive bronze sculpture by an important Chicago sculptor. Signed and marked "Firenze" with "Fuse Marinelli". METROPOLIS. Seven abstract shapes on black marble base. 1...

Bronze Jewish Rabbi. Original Patina. Art-deco wood carved base. It is signed with initials P.K. and marked "Calif Art Bronze Fdry LA" (California Art Bronze Foundry Los Angeles). it is not dated. PETER KRASNOW (1886-1979), Russian-Ukrainian, American artist painter and sculptor, born Feivish Reisberg, was a California modernist and colorist artist known for his abstract wood sculptures and architectonic hard-edge paintings and drawings which were often based on Hebrew calligraphy and other subjects related to his Jewish heritage...

Dani Kafri (Czech Israeli, 1945-2024) Bronze sculpture of a father and son Birkat Kohanim (Birchat Kohanim) 1987, Signed D. Kafri and marked A.P, Dimensions 23" H x 12" W x 9" Daniel Kafri, sculptor, born 1945, Czechoslovakia. He works in bronze, marble, steel and terracotta Dani Kafri is one of the most famous and valued sculptors in the world of Jewish Art. Education: Bezalel School of Art, Jerusalem. Advanced studies, New York City and Carrera, Italy In 1970 he was among those whose works were chosen to represent Israel in the Monaco Biennale for Young Artists, and in 1977 he was awarded the Jerusalem Prize for sculpture. Dani Kafri created an in dependent style derived from the archaic forms of ancient Middle Eastern sculpture...

Vic Gentils (1919–1997), "Jeu d'échec" (Chess Set), 1966–67, a playable set with pieces in gold- and black-patinated bronze. Includes a game table on casters with a patinated metal b...

Artist: Maria Kenarova New Mexico late eighties/early nineties H largest pieces 80cm, smallest 40cm A Masterpiece in Monumental Scale Designed and handcrafted by Bulgarian cerami...

Italian Renaissance style (20th Century) chess set in brass and nickel alloy with each character carved in great detail and red felt on the underside to allow each figure to glide on...

Late 19th century Vienna Secession cold-painted bronze small sculpture of two men playing chess by Franz Bergmann/Nam Greb, Austria By: Franz Bergmann, Nam Greb Material: bronze, co...