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Sold Date: 06/30/2008
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Natural History

HUGE 38X22 LITHOGRAPH ART WORK!!!

Featured Athlete: BARRY ALVAREZ

Collection: 38x22 LOOSE LITHOGRAPH

Hand Autographed: IN PERMANENT BLACK INK !

HAND SIGNED BY BOTH ATHLETE AND ARTIST

BARRY ALVAREZ

ANDY GORALSKI (ARTIST)

Edition Size: ARTIST LIMITED EDITION OF 1000

Your #: RANDOM

BARRY ALVAREZ

Barry Alvarez (born December 30, 1946, Langeloth , Pennsylvania ) is a retired college football head coach and current Director of Athletics at the University of Wisconsin . On July 28, 2005, Alvarez announced that after the 2005 season he would step down as head coach. Alvarez named then defensive coordinator Bret Bielema as his successor. Alvarez is currently still serving as Director of Athletics.

Alvarez was born in the small town of Langeloth , Pennsylvania , about 20 miles southwest of Pittsburgh . At Union High School (currently Burgettstown Area Middle/High School), Alvarez won all-conference recognition and played in the Big 33 Football Classic, an invitation-only exhibition game for Pennsylvaniaâe(tm)s top seniors.

After graduating high school, Alvarez left Pennsylvania and attended the University of Nebraska , on a football scholarship graduating in 1969. After college, he coached high school football in Nebraska and Iowa .

After coaching at Mason City High School , Alvarez began his college coaching career under legendary Iowa head coach Hayden Fry in 1979. He later became an assistant coach at Notre Dame under Lou Holtz. He served as Holtz's defensive coordinator on the 1988 Fighting Irish National Championship team.

In 1990, Alvarez was named head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers and rejuvenated a floundering program and became the winningest coach in school history, leading the Badgers to three Big Ten championships and three Rose Bowl victories.

Alvarez replaced Pat Richter as Athletic Director at the University of Wisconsin in 2004.

Alvarez concluded his career at Wisconsin with a win over the Auburn Tigers in the 2006 Capital One Bowl, bringing his all-time record at Wisconsin to 118-73-4 (.615), with three Rose Bowl wins and an 8-3 (.727) record in bowl games.

On 13 October 2006, a bronze statue of Alvarez was unveiled in the Kellner Plaza of Camp Randall Stadium. The statue honoring Alvarez had been announced the previous year, at his last home game as head coach.

Famous Sports Artist

Andy Goralski

Walter Payton, John Elway, Brett Favre, Bart Starr and Brian Urlacher. What do these athletes all have in common? All of them have had the portraits painted by Andy Goralski.

Born and raised in Wisconsin , âeoeAndyâe developed an interest in art at an early age. Goralski has always been a passionate sports fan. Andyâe(tm)s trademark ability to paint lifelike portraits has brought him to national prominence in recent years, and his originals hang in the homes of many top athletes around the country.

âeoeI try to capture the heart of the athlete Iâe(tm)m painting,âe he explains âeoeFor many of the people who collect my work, the players are like family. They see them on TV almost every day. They know what they look like from all angles. Thatâe(tm)s why itâe(tm)s so important to paint them as realistically as possible,âe he adds

Although adept in both oils and acrylics, Andy prefers to work in pastels, a trait that also sets him apart, since many artists shy away from this often difficult to use medium. âeoePastels can be hard to control and it can be difficult to maintain detail with them, although Iâe(tm)m convinced that the natural texture of a persons face cannot be achieved with other mediumsâe Andy explains. Each work is done one layer at a time. Andy begins by sanding a heavy-weight museum-quality paper until he achieves the proper âeoetooth.âe He then meticulously layers pigments to achieve the desired effect.

His unique layered style allows his works to take on a three dimensional quality. Pastels are...