Nissan Engel Antique Modern Abstract Expressionist Painting Old Vintage Cubism

  
RARE AND OUTSTANDING COLLECTION OF FOUR ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MID CENTURY MODERN ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS BY REVERED MODERNIST PAINTER AND STAGE DESIGNER NISSAN ENGEL. THIS WORK DEPICTS A GROUPING OF FOUR SUPERBLY RENDERED LYRICAL ABSTRACT COMPOSITIONS OF OLD ICONIC RELIGIOUS FIGURES.

SAMUEL, SAUL, AND ELIJAH OF ISRAEL. MASTERFUL AND BRILLIANTLY RENDERED THROUGHOUT EVERY PAINSTAKING BRUSHSTROKE. NISSAN ENGEL BODY OF WORKS REFLECTS A CONTINUING EVOLUTION OF BEAUTIFUL COLOR SCHEMES.

CONSTANT SEEKING OF NEW ARENAS IN WHICH TO PLAY OUT HIS IDEAS, PAINTING, DRAWING, COLLAGE, AND PRINTMAKING. HE MASTERS EACH TECHNIQUE TO ACHIEVE HIS ULTIMATE ARTISTIC GOALS: HARMONY AND EQUILIBRIUM. IT DATES AROUND THE 1960s. MILD WEAR CONSISTENT WITH AGE. DIMENSIONS OF EACH WORK: 36"H x 7"W.

PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA. Nissan Engel (1931 - 2016) was active/lived in New York / Israel, France. Nissan Engel is known for Expressionist painting, stage design.

Born is Israel in 1931, Engel graduated from the Beaux-Arts Bezalel in Jerusalem and later received a diploma in theater design from the Centre Dramatique de l'Est in Strasbourg, France. He moved to Paris in the mid-1950s, where he painted and also worked on a variety of stage designs and costume projects; he had the first of many painting exhibits starting in 1960 at the Galerie Weil. In 1965 he moved to New York City. During his days in Paris and throughout his ten-year stay in the United States, Engel worked almost exclusively in the painting medium.

The subjects of his early works - landscapes, still lifes, and equestrian figures often presented in horse racing and circus scenes - were rendered in a style that was predominantly figural and representationnal, reflecting his academic training. The paintings from this period are strongly graphic and characterized by a bold and direct use of color. Engel's early influences include Picasso, Klee, Marini, Kandinsky, and other European expressionists, as well as the conceptual artists Oppenheim and Beuys. He also was influenced by the abstract expressionnists of the New York School, many of whom he knew and befriended while living in New York City.

1931 Born in Haifa, Israel. Studied at Beaux-Arts Bezalel, Jerusalem; diploma. Studied theater set and costume design at Centre Dramatique de l'Est, Strasbourg, France; diploma. André Weil Gallery, Paris, France. Reyn Gallery, New York City, New York, USA. Moved to New York City. Fresno Art Center, Fresno, California, USA. Los Robles Gallery, Palo Alto, California, USA. Commissions: New York, New Jersey, and Maryland.

Probus Rex Gallery, New York City. Lithographs published by New York Graphic Society and Roten Galleries, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Raye Landis Gallery, East Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.

International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland. Horace Richter Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel. International Art Fairs in Basel and Cologne. Albert Verbeke Gallery, Paris, France. Eliane Poggi Gallery, Grenoble, France.

Laura Vincy Gallery, Paris, France. Won gold medal at the International Art Fair, Paris, sponsored by the Mexican Academy of Sciences and Humanistics. Frances Laterman, New York City, New York, USA.

Albert Henri Gallery, Rennes, France. Collective Impressions Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Art Expo, New York 81. John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA.

Riedel/104 Franklin Street Gallery, New York City, New York, USA. Britt Olsson Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden. Galerie du Boulevard, Lausanne, Switzerland. Jonathan Pools, New York City, New York, USA. Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA.

Nurit & Werner Haase, New York City, New York, USA. Lincoln Center, New York City, New York, USA.

Art Fairs in Basel, London, and Stockholm. Nahan Galleries, New York City, New York, USA.

Aurbach Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA. Art Fairs in Basel and Tokyo. Art Fairs in Chicago, London, Miami, Milan, and Stockholm.

Gloria Cohen Gallery, Paris, France. Van Almsick Gallery, Gronau-Epe, Germany. Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, USA. Elbaz Gallery, New York City, New York, USA. Bastien Art Gallery, Brussels, Belgium. Galerie de l'Estampe, Strasbourg, France. John Davies Gallery, London, England. Art Brillant Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.

Music Festival of Provins, Provins, France. Jean Fradin Gallery, "Printemps des Arts", Nantes, France. Geneva Art Fair, Geneva, Switzerland.

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama, USA. Grand Prix International de Peinture, Cannes, France 1958. Jeune peinture, Paris, France 1960-65. Grands et jeunes d'aujourd'hui, France 1960-85. Des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France 1960-65.

Nissan Engel's works are found in numerous private and public collections, including the following. Albright-Knox Museum, Buffalo, New York. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan.

Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California. The Jewish Museum, New York City. Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, Virginia. This item is in the category "Art\Paintings".

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1. Artist: Nissan Engel
2. Unit of Sale: Lot
3. Signed By: Engel
4. Size: Large
5. Signed: Yes
6. Material: Paper
7. Item Length: 7 in
8. Region of Origin: New York, USA
9. Framing: Framed
10. Subject: Art, Portrait, Modern, Figures
11. Type: Painting
12. Year of Production: 1960s
13. Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
14. Item Height: 36 in
15. Style: Abstract, Modernism, Expressionism
16. Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
17. Production Technique: Watercolor Painting
18. Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
19. Culture: Modernism
20. Handmade: Yes
21. Item Width: 7 in
22. Time Period Produced: 1960-1969