GINO HOLLANDER- Colorful Female Portrait on Canvas

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G I N O H O L L A N D E R Female Portrait Acrylic on canvas Approximately 11 x 13 inches Signed Hollander '07 You can see the condition of the piece in the images and it is in pristine condition. T are staple marks in the canvas from the way Hollander paints Gallery Listing Price: $1100 A B O U T G I N O H O L L A N D E R Gino Hollander began painting in 1960 at thetime that a new medium, acrylic paint, was emerging. Gino was amongthe first to explore its possibilities. Viewing his work now, one becomes aware of the virtuosity of both the painter and his medium. T are canvasses with the subtle oriental feeling of dry brush done in India ink, t are thick built up swirls of garish color or soft transparent hues, paint shoveled on with a palette knife, drips and blobs and fine line drawings, as well a mixture of oil medium with the acrylic, sometimes all of these things on one five foot canvas. The end result is pure emotion. You hate it or you love it but it is difficult to remain neutral. Hollander is an undisciplined painter. He withholds nothing of himself. He refuses to rein in his emotions or his appetites. He strips himself naked for all to see. ‘To know me is to know all of me”. Hollander paints for himself. He has no wish to engage in a dialogue with the viewer. It is for him to paint for the viewer to view, the two separate faces of any work of art; both allow a work to be. He refuses to title his paintings. He tells no stories. His people are purposely poised on the far edge of nothingness, faces left blank or at best enigmatic. His figures are abstracted and his abstracts disturbingly figurative. He is a complex man and his canvasses reinforce this complexity in the very simplicity of their form and content.Hollander quotes, " I paint for the oneness of the moment the medium can allow... the immediacy of expression." or BIOGRAPHY BORN 1924 U.S.A. 1942-1945 U.S.ARMY SKI TROOPS, 10TH MOUNTAIN DIVISION 1950-1960 DIRECTOR AND DOCUMENTARY FILMAKER "I was immersed in filmmaking and yet had a vague feeling of wanting some more direct means of self expression, one that would not have the men, money and materials that films involved." NYC was alive with the excitement of abstract expressionism and one of our film hangouts was the Cedar Bar. I caught the disease and immersed myself in both paint and painter's image having decided that if I were to start a new career at this late date and with a family of four children and one on the way…. I had better just paint and learn by doing which is what I have been doing for thirty-eight years What I want out of and for my paintings is emotional expression both for me and the viewer, each in our own way. 1960-1962 My studio and the first Hollander Gallery, Bleeker St, Greenwich Village, NYC 1962 Move to south of Spain with my family 1963-1990 Numerous one-man shows throughout Europe…England, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain. During those 28 years living and painting in Spain my paintings were exhibited in the following Hollander Galleries. 1962-1990 Marbella, Spain 1962-1969 Bleeker St., N.Y.C. 1964-l973 Madison Ave., NYC 1970-1980 West Broadway, Soho 1970-1980 Toronto, Canada 1968-1978 Mount St., London 1973-1982 Circle Fine Arts became my exclusive agent for U.S.A. and yearly t were one man shows in a number of their galleries. At our home in Spain, Cortijo de las Yeguas, in l982 Barbara and I established the Museo Hollander to exhibit our major collection of Spanish antiquities and artifacts spanning 20,000 years. The museum gained world-wide recognition for the quality and presentation of the collection and was viewed by more than 50,000 visitors. It was awarded the bronze medal on the HRH Juan Carlos honors list for it's major contribution to Spanish tourism. 1990 I donated the Museo Hollander to the Spanish Government. 1990-2009 Aspe... read more

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