Robert Qualters 1998 Serigraph "Matisse a la Recherche"
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Robert Qualters (American, born 1934)
Matisse a la Recherche, 1998
Serigraph on paper
Signed “Qualters” to the lower right
Titled to the lower left
From the series Lessons of the Masters
A serigraph titled Matisse a la Recherche by Pittsburgh artist Robert Qualters (born 1934). Part of a series titled Lessons of the Masters. For this series, the artist fantasized European and American masters, such as Rembrandt, Johannes Vermeer, and Edward Hopper, painting in various neighborhoods of Pittsburgh. Each of Qualter’s works depicting the artist is based off an original self-portrait by the featured artist, showing the artist at work.
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Robert Qualters is a painter, printmaker, and installation artist. He studied at Carnegie Tech, then obtained his B.F.A. from the California College of Arts and Crafts and his M.F.A. from Syracuse University. In 1985, the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts awarded him Artist of the Year, and in 2014, was the recipient of the Governor’s Award for Artist of the Year in Pennsylvania. Qualters is a former President of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh and has had more than 30 solo exhibitions throughout his lifetime. In addition, he has completed over two-dozen public murals and site-specific installations. His work has been exhibited and collected by numerous institutions including the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Oakland California Museum of Art, the Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Concept Art Gallery, Carson Street Gallery, and Borelli Edwards, among others. Recently in 2014, a monograph by Vicky Clark titled Robert Qualters: Autobiographical Mythologies was published, chronicling the artist’s work and life up to his 80th birthday. To view the artist’s website, please see the link below.
Condition
- negligible wear throughout the edges of paper.
Dimensions
- measures the sheet; image size 29.5" W x 22" H.
Item #
ITMG462423
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