“SPARK” - BORIS CHEZAR - Hand Drawn Intaglio Etching Serigraph - Signed & Numbered - 49/125
BORIS CHEZAR began painting in his teens, and his career lasted over 80 years. His style of bold symbolism was influenced by Jose Clemente Orozco who he met and painted with in Mexico. His modern abstract work began in the early 70s with painted constructions, and prints of space and nature themes. On the surface, the art of Boris Chezar seems to be isolated from the formal expressions that were his concern in earlier years. It is no accident that his painting brought him recognition through awards for a number of prize winning works. Chezar lived most of his life in the area of his birth- New York City. His art reflects the unsettled and yet balanced energy of creative forces. In the public mind, he is the creator of explosive events blowing with a vibrancy of movement as well as color.
As always, however, the truth is more complex. Through his career, Chezar has shifted from tidy plastic forms to an active and more personal statement. These works have appeared in galleries, museums, group shows and colleges.
Chezar has de-emphasized the abstract and irrational. “It is there to be discovered in nature” he says, “where all the truth of life and it’s forces lay hidden.” It is this focus on the cosmos, the order and beauty of our universe, man and all living things which Chezar problems are the principal ingredients involved in this journey. A Great piece for any decor - give your space a unique story to tell…
BORIS CHEZAR began painting in his teens, and his career lasted over 80 years. His style of bold symbolism was influenced by Jose Clemente Orozco who he met and painted with in Mexico. His modern abstract work began in the early 70s with painted constructions, and prints of space and nature themes. On the surface, the art of Boris Chezar seems to be isolated from the formal expressions that were his concern in earlier years. It is no accident that his painting brought him recognition through awards for a number of prize winning works. Chezar lived most of his life in the area of his birth- New York City. His art reflects the unsettled and yet balanced energy of creative forces. In the public mind, he is the creator of explosive events blowing with a vibrancy of movement as well as color.
As always, however, the truth is more complex. Through his career, Chezar has shifted from tidy plastic forms to an active and more personal statement. These works have appeared in galleries, museums, group shows and colleges.
Chezar has de-emphasized the abstract and irrational. “It is there to be discovered in nature” he says, “where all the truth of life and it’s forces lay hidden.” It is this focus on the cosmos, the order and beauty of our universe, man and all living things which Chezar problems are the principal ingredients involved in this journey. A Great piece for any decor - give your space a unique story to tell…
BORIS CHEZAR began painting in his teens, and his career lasted over 80 years. His style of bold symbolism was influenced by Jose Clemente Orozco who he met and painted with in Mexico. His modern abstract work began in the early 70s with painted constructions, and prints of space and nature themes. On the surface, the art of Boris Chezar seems to be isolated from the formal expressions that were his concern in earlier years. It is no accident that his painting brought him recognition through awards for a number of prize winning works. Chezar lived most of his life in the area of his birth- New York City. His art reflects the unsettled and yet balanced energy of creative forces. In the public mind, he is the creator of explosive events blowing with a vibrancy of movement as well as color.
As always, however, the truth is more complex. Through his career, Chezar has shifted from tidy plastic forms to an active and more personal statement. These works have appeared in galleries, museums, group shows and colleges.
Chezar has de-emphasized the abstract and irrational. “It is there to be discovered in nature” he says, “where all the truth of life and it’s forces lay hidden.” It is this focus on the cosmos, the order and beauty of our universe, man and all living things which Chezar problems are the principal ingredients involved in this journey. A Great piece for any decor - give your space a unique story to tell…
“SPARK” -
BORIS CHEZAR - Hand Drawn Intaglio Etching Serigraph - Signed & Numbered - 49/125
30 X 22 inches Image: 27 X 18 inches
LIMITED EDITION HAND PULLED & DRAWN ORIGINAL INTAGLIO ETCHING SERIGRAPH, 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: BORIS CHEZAR - worked joyously every day, waking at 5 a.m. to saw wood, sketch new pieces, attend to works in progress, and make adjustments to older work. His career lasted over 80 years, up until a few months before his death on December 18, 2009.
Boris was born in New York City in 1913, one of five sons of Russian immigrants. He began painting in his teens, and was granted acceptance to study at The Cooper Union in New York City. During extensive travels in Mexico and Nova Scotia, Boris sketched and painted the local flavor. In Mexico, he met and painted with Jose Clemente Orozco, whose style of bold symbolism would later influence some of Chezar's work. His modern abstract work began in the early 70's with painted constructions, and prints of space and nature themes. In the mid-80's he began constructing dimensional painting, some over seven feet square. In 1997, he moved to Sun City, and began the work he called "Random Modalities" where he incorporated the frame as part of the art ( a technique he has patent pending).
During World War II, Boris served the the Army-Air Force, painting huge murals depicting inspirational military themes. After the first one he finished the commanding officers were impressed and asked him to another, 5 by 17 feet at the hospital at Ft. Dix, New Jersey. He would later boast he asked for (and received four men and two months to do the job).
After the war, Boris began a family with his wife, Faye, as started in commercial art with J Walter Thompson. It wasn't long before he struck out on his own as a portrait artist, working in pastel, charcoal and oil. Summers were spent in the Borscht Belt of the Catskill Mountains, and during winters, Boris worked aboard cruise ships, painting portraits and giving lessons.
Most painters, Chezar notes, develop a recognizable style that differentiates them from other artists. He, however, prefers to continually break new personal ground. Over the years, his work has evolved from watercolor landscapes to oil portraits and Wassily Kandinsky inspired abstracts. Chezar says he follows his intuition in pursuit of new techniques. "I just do what I have to do," he says. "I try not to do what others do." Some of his works are dimensional paintings composed of plywood shapes that jumped off the canvas, an approach that grew out of his love for building things. "I like the idea of discovery. It's not immediately known, but if you look at it long enough you're going to discover what it's all about," Chezar says.
"He was always true to his art," Payne says of her father. Although his work took him away from his family a lot, Payne says she has fond memories of accompanying her father to art shows in Greenwich Village. "His work is very unique and very high quality," says Anne Madden, owner of the Blue Ibis Gallery in Ruskin. "He's a wonderful colorist and does very unique work. I've never seen anything quite like his work before."
"In a utilitarian sense, art has no value. Only in the spiritual area does it have life. It's what makes us human."-Boris Chezar
The work of Chezar has been exhibited in: National Gallerie - Washington, D.C.
National Print Exhibition - Brooklyn Museum, N.Y.
Wickershom Gallery - New York
Center Art Gallery - New York
St. Louis Art Museum - St. Louis, Mo.
A.A.A. Galleries - New York
Boston Printmakers Exhibit - Boston, Mass.
Philadelphia Museum of Modern Art - Pa.
Duchess Community College - Purghkeepsee, N.J.
Hofstra Community College - New York
New York University - New York City, N.Y.
The Brooklyn Museum
Mitch Moore Gallery, N.Y.
