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Leopard, Panther, Lion, Elephant, Zebra, Rhino, Peaceable Kingdom

Creator: Gustavo Novoa
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
This early work by famed Chilean naive painter Gustavo Novoa features a group portrait of eight African animals looking at the viewer in sync. In my opinion, Novoa's early work in the 1970s is the artist's best work. This painting is masterfully rendered and designed with an interlocking composition. The animals stare at you and you stare back. Notice how two tree branches grow like antlers from the top of the Zebras head. Another way to look at this painting is with messianic prophecy in the book of Isaiah (11:6): “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together. The painting is titled on verso. " The Peaceful Meeting" perhaps was the artist's loose reference to "The Peaceable Kingdom," where predators and prey lay down together in harmony.
Signed and dated lower right, 1976 - Framed size 30.25 x 26.50

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States, Florida
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Oil on Wood Panel
Condition:	Good. Good.. Minor scuffs and abrasions along the very extreme edge of painting from contact with frame.
Creation Date:	1976
Styles / Movements:	Conceptualism, Surrealism, Contemporary
Incollect Reference #:	658869

Dimensions

W.	23 in;	H.	20 in;	D.	2 in;
W.	58.42 cm;	H.	50.8 cm;	D.	5.08 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.