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Creator: Austin Briggs
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
Before there was Photorealism, there was Austin Briggs.
Done in 1951, this work has all the hallmarks of the 1970's fine art movement and more.
Briggs is using photographs as a reference source but is combining many different photos to make one unique composition. One of the main things that differentiates Briggs, is that he is a great realist painter and not just a copier of photos. This work was a commercial assignment for an ad or a magazine illustration. Squint your eyes and the work becomes a harmonious interplay of shapes colors, light and shadow. Briggs masterfully intergrates each and every part of the pictorial space. Signed lower right
From the Estate of Charles Martignette

More Information

Documentation:	Documented elsewhere (similar item)
Period:	1950-1979
Condition:	Good. work is in good condition with bright saturated colors.
Styles / Movements:	Modernism
Incollect Reference #:	690087

Dimensions

W.	19.5 in;	H.	18 in;
W.	49.53 cm;	H.	45.72 cm;

Message from Seller:

You'll find an eclectic group of art works at Robert Funk Fine Art. 45 years of experience has shaped Director Robert Funk's multi-perspective approach to presenting art. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with great teachers such as first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg and hyper-realist painter Janet Fish. In Graduate School he worked with famed critic E.C. Goossen and went on to work as a Photographer, New York Advertising Art Director, and Art Collector.