“MONDAY MOURING” - GERRY DVORAK - Lithograph - Signed & Numbered - 116/215

$250.00

In “Monday Mourning,” Gerry Dvorak captures a poignant moment of solitude and introspection. A young girl, rendered in profile, gazes toward a small white schoolhouse set amid rolling golden fields and distant mountains. Her straw hat and bright red coat contrast with the muted autumn landscape, evoking both innocence and melancholy. The stone wall dividing the foreground from the schoolhouse creates a visual metaphor for separation—between childhood and duty, home and the wider world. Dvorak’s crisp outlines, subdued palette, and stylized realism reflect his roots in illustration and animation, while the emotional restraint of the scene gives it quiet power and universality.

About the Artist:
Gerry Dvorak (American, 1913–1999) was an illustrator, animator, and fine artist whose career bridged mid-century commercial design and expressive fine art. Born in Pennsylvania, he worked with Hanna-Barbera, UPA, and other major studios during the golden age of American animation. Dvorak was also involved in creating illustrations for publications and the Topps baseball cards of the 1950s, blending precise draftsmanship with warmth and wit. His limited-edition lithographs and paintings, produced later in his career, reveal his fascination with narrative composition and nostalgic Americana—often centered on themes of childhood, memory, and quiet emotion.

Collectors prize Dvorak’s work for its balance of graphic precision and emotional depth, qualities that make pieces like “Monday Mourning” enduring and evocative additions to 20th-century American art collections.

GERRY DVORAK  works have been seen countless time in galleries, magazine, book covers, movie screens... all over the world- Paramount Pictures, Flintstones, Casper..... and has done a number of baseball player portraits, with knowledgeable dealers and collectors avidly acquiring his work.  A Great piece for any decor - give your space a unique story to tell…

In “Monday Mourning,” Gerry Dvorak captures a poignant moment of solitude and introspection. A young girl, rendered in profile, gazes toward a small white schoolhouse set amid rolling golden fields and distant mountains. Her straw hat and bright red coat contrast with the muted autumn landscape, evoking both innocence and melancholy. The stone wall dividing the foreground from the schoolhouse creates a visual metaphor for separation—between childhood and duty, home and the wider world. Dvorak’s crisp outlines, subdued palette, and stylized realism reflect his roots in illustration and animation, while the emotional restraint of the scene gives it quiet power and universality.

About the Artist:
Gerry Dvorak (American, 1913–1999) was an illustrator, animator, and fine artist whose career bridged mid-century commercial design and expressive fine art. Born in Pennsylvania, he worked with Hanna-Barbera, UPA, and other major studios during the golden age of American animation. Dvorak was also involved in creating illustrations for publications and the Topps baseball cards of the 1950s, blending precise draftsmanship with warmth and wit. His limited-edition lithographs and paintings, produced later in his career, reveal his fascination with narrative composition and nostalgic Americana—often centered on themes of childhood, memory, and quiet emotion.

Collectors prize Dvorak’s work for its balance of graphic precision and emotional depth, qualities that make pieces like “Monday Mourning” enduring and evocative additions to 20th-century American art collections.

GERRY DVORAK  works have been seen countless time in galleries, magazine, book covers, movie screens... all over the world- Paramount Pictures, Flintstones, Casper..... and has done a number of baseball player portraits, with knowledgeable dealers and collectors avidly acquiring his work.  A Great piece for any decor - give your space a unique story to tell…

“MONDAY MOURING” -

GERRY DVORAK - Lithograph - Signed & Numbered - 116/215

26 x 20 inches.     Image:  23 x 17 inches.  

LIMITED EDITION HAND PULLED & DRAWN ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH, NUMBERED & HAND SIGNED BY ARTIST. From the retired Mitch Moore Gallery Inc, NYC. Unmatted, never framed or displayed. Image area is in very good frameable vintage condition. 

ARTISTS BIO:   GERRY DVORAK 

Gerry Dvorak is a multi-faceted talent; illustrator, animation artist, painter and printmaker. who has been painting for twenty five years (as of the 1980's). His work has been seen countless times in galleries, magazines, newspapers, television, book covers and movie screen all over the world. His creative efforts have been employed by Paramount Pictures, Hanna-Barbara, UPA Pictures and CBS. His screen credits include the Flintstones, Casper the Friendly Ghost, and the animated feature cartoon Raggety Ann and Andy. He has also done the animation for the Harry and Bert Piel series of commercials.

His studies included Penn State College, Traphagen School of Fashion, and the Art Students League where he developed his talents under the tutelage of Frank Reilly, Reginald Marsh, Victor Perard and Robert Beverly Hale.

His exhibitors included: Abercrombie & Finch Gallery, N.Y., ; Sportmans Edge, N.Y.,; Adray, N.Y.; Carl Battaglia, N.Y.; Phyllis Lucas, N.Y.; FAR Gallery, N.Y.; Ridgewood Art Association, N.J.; and the Indian Creek Country Club, Florida.

A unique area, which tens of thousands have seen and enjoyed without knowledge of the creative painter behind the scenes, is a number of portraits of baseball players included with bubblegum - a fond childhood memory for all of us.

An oil painting of a live white tiger, painted by Dvorak, is in the collection of the Maharajah of Rewa, India. A one-man show of Dvorak's work was held in Miami Beach Florida and was attended by Hubert Humphrey, who was Vice President at the time.

Now that Gerry Dvorak has reached a level of success in his commercial endeavors enabling him to devote more of his time to "fine art", knowledgeable dealers and collectors are avidly acquiring the results of his many years of diversified experience. 

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