Theo Tobiasse Figurative Color Lithograph, Hand Signed and Dated

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Theo Tobiasse Figurative Color Lithograph

Year: 2002
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Limited Edition: #93/125
Framed dimensions: 31" … Read more Theo Tobiasse Figurative Color Lithograph

Year: 2002
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Limited Edition: #93/125
Framed dimensions: 31" Wide x 39 3/4" High x 2" Deep

About the Artist:

Théo Tobiasse born Tobias Eidesas (26 April 1927 – 3 November 2012) was a French painter, engraver, illustrator, and sculptor. Born in Jaffa in Mandatory Palestine in 1927, where his Jewish parents had lived since 1925. The family encountered material difficulties and decided to return to Lithuania, then left for Paris in 1931, where his typographer father found work in a Russian printing press.

Theo Tobiasse won the Dorothy-Gould Prize in 1961. He then decided to devote himself solely to the visual arts. Many exhibitions are dedicated to him around the world, in Paris at the Drouant gallery, in Geneva, Montreal or Tokyo, then London, Zurich, Lausanne, Los Angeles, Kyiv, and then a first solo exhibition in New York (1968).

Self-taught, he studied the technique of the great masters in museums during his travels. Théo Tobiasse was a French painter, engraver, illustrator, and sculptor, born in 1927 and known for his works that often reflect themes of exile and memory, influenced by his experiences during World War II. His art includes a variety of mediums, such as oil painting and lithography, and he gained international recognition through numerous exhibitions and awards throughout his career.

The figurative subjects without narration or symbolism (cat, bird, kite, velocipede, etc.) of his first paintings, allowed him to experiment with the techniques, color and texture of oil and gouache paintings.

In collaboration with Pierre Chave, lithographer in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Théo Tobiasse developed a technique for making lithographs from eighteen to twenty colors that he produced for many original editions published in France, Sweden and the States -Unis: Songs of Songs (1975), Paris, Fleur de Bitume, Hommage à HC Andersen (1980), Parfum d'Odalisque (1982). He was also introduced to carborundum engraving, an engraving technique developed by Henri Goetz for Let My People Go (1981). See less