{"product_id":"friedel-dzubas-escanaba-painting-1981","title":"FRIEDEL DZUBAS \"ESCANABA\" PAINTING, 1981","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/collections\/friedel-dzubas\"\u003eFriedel Dzubas\u003c\/a\u003e (1915-1994) was a Berlin-born, American abstract painter and a key artist associated with both the New York School and the Color Field movement. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eDzubas studied art in Germany before fleeing the Nazi regime in 1939 and settling in New York City. By the 1940s, Dzubas circulated with some of the leading abstract painters in the city's vital art scene. He was close friends with Jackson Pollock and shared a studio with Helen Frankthaler in the '50s. During this time, Dzubas began exhibiting his own Abstract Expressionist paintings. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eDzubas worked in close proximity to and strongly influenced the emerging color field painters. He shared a studio with Helen Frankenthaler as she began pouring and staining her canvases. The two evolved and each surpassed the techniques embraced by the Abstract Expressionists. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eDzubas’ technique involved applying thick layers of color over washes, scrubbing Magna paint into unprimed canvases. He then used various methods, often including brushing, and at times staining, to apply further color.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFriedel Dzubas' works hang in the permanent collections of some of the most prestigious art institutions in the world; including, the Whitney Museum (NYC), the Guggenheim (NYC), the Smithsonian American Art Museum (DC), and the Albright-Knox Gallery (NY).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestions about this piece? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:troy@caviar20.com\"\u003eContact us\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, call +1.416.704.1720, or\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/pages\/contact\"\u003evisit our Toronto Gallery\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“Escanaba”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eUSA, 1981\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMagna acrylic on canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eTitled in pencil, verso\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e9.25”H 10”W (work)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e11\"W 11.75\"W (framed)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eVery good condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Friedel Dzubas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47740144582892,"sku":"06-26","price":22500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0074\/2712\/files\/Caviar20_Friedel-Dzubas-Escanaba_01.jpg?v=1781366303","url":"https:\/\/www.caviar20.com\/products\/friedel-dzubas-escanaba-painting-1981","provider":"Caviar20","version":"1.0","type":"link"}