Richard Judson Zolan Judaic Judaica Oil Painting \"Torah Craftsman\" Listed Artist

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Richard Judson Zolan Judaic Judaica Oil Painting \"Torah Craftsman\" Listed Artist:
$750.00

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UP FOR offer IS AN ORIGINAL SIGNED OIL PAINTING BY RICHARD JUDSON ZOLA 1931-2001 \'TORAH CRAFTSMAN\' IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION ! THE OIL MEASURES 8\" WIDE X 10\" TALL. THE FRAME INCLUDED THE PIECE MEASURES 15\" WIDE X 16 1/2\" TALL....When he was just 16, Richard Judson Zolan found his passion was painting. His studio was his grandmother\'s attic in Chicago, where it was so icy-cold that Zolan wore mittens and galoshes while creating his art. When he graduated from high school, Zolan was offered a full basketball scholarship, but refused it to attend instead the prestigious Chicago Institute of Art.

Louis Rittman, an instructor at the Art Institute, taught Zolan and took him on as an apprentice. Rittman, a personal friend and student of Monet, was often invited to paint with the famous Impressionist artist at his private garden studio at Giverny. Zolan benefited tremendously from this relationship, as Rittman taught him the fundamental techniques and style of Impressionism.

Carol Zolan, Richard\'s widow, first met him when she was hired to be a live model for his paintings. Subsequently, Carol became Richard\'s apprentice and eventually his wife in 1976. But she remained, always, his principal model, loyal supporter and enthusiastic public relations manager.

The couple traveled extensively over 10 years, annually to Europe and between their homes in Palm Desert, Calif., and Cape Cod, Mass. Zolan painted in studios on both coasts and his art was exhibited in Europe, Japan, New York\'s World Trade Center, the Cape Cod Art Association, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Zolans\' private gallery/studio, Zolan\'s On the Avenue in Palm Desert. Several of his creations were shown on Marco Island and at the Fontainebleu in Miami during the \'70s and \'80s. As his art became more well-known and collectible, Sotheby\'s, Butterfield & Butterfield and Christie\'s at one time had Zolan\'s paintings on the sale block.

Zolan was primarily a portraiture artist — throughout his lifetime, he was commissioned to paint President Gerald Ford and wife, Betty, Bob and Doris Hope, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Danny Thomas, among other famous personalities.

Zolan\'s early work was characterized by a darkish, Rembrandt-like palette with browns, blacks, reds — earthy hues. However, his colors and tones transformed, complementing his internal transformation, to reflect more liveliness and light.

In 1986, Zolan\'s art flowed through his paintbrushes and palette knife onto the canvas in bright pastel colors — light blues, pinks, greens, yellows and white. The change in his art reflected the change in his heart: The birth of Richard and Carol\'s first child, daughter Cassandra, and soon after, son Chandler, transformed his style. The Zolans\' children meant everything to them.

A \"well-known unknown,\" as Zolan referred to himself, the artist strived to accomplish two things in his paintings: the effect of light on his subject; and soft edges. He mastered these Impressionist genre characteristics, along with evoking movement (he trimmed his female subjects with hair ribbons to manifest the motion of the wind). Carol said that Zolan wished for just one thing regarding his art: He often said, \"If only I could leave a painting unfinished, because the original message is already there. But I can\'t leave it alone.\"

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Richard Judson Zolan Judaic Judaica Oil Painting \"Torah Craftsman\" Listed Artist:
$750.00