Original Vintage Expressionist Gouache on Paper - Zebras - Nicola Ortis Poucette - Signed/Framed

Description

Zebras

Artist; Nicola Ortis Poucette (France 1935-2006)

Medium: Gouache on paper

Signed: Poucette lower left

Dimensions: 33" x 19.75" (frame); … more Zebras

Artist; Nicola Ortis Poucette (France 1935-2006)

Medium: Gouache on paper

Signed: Poucette lower left

Dimensions: 33" x 19.75" (frame); : 13 .25" x 26.5"

Provenance: From the Collection of Dorothy "Bunny" Whitaker (Cincinnati, OH philanthropist)

This original vintage gouache on paper by the well listed French artist Nicola Ortis Poucette (France 1935-2006) came out of the estate of wealthy Cincinnati philanthropist Dorothy "Bunny" Whitaker.Housed in a vintage frame and ready to hang.

Born in 1935, Nicola Ortis Poucette's creative work was predominantly inspired by the 1950s. Abstract Expressionism prevailed in the 1950s as a primary method of painting, and explored ideas concerning the sublime and spirituality. Artists chose to focus on painting’s formal properties, and Action Painting took inspiration from the political freedoms of the United States, in opposition to the strictures of the Soviet bloc. During the Post War period, New York City became the global focus for Modernism. Throughout the Second World War, many artists had travelled to the city after having fled in exile from Europe, which culminated in a merging and amalgamation of talent and ideas. Whilst in New York, influential Europeans such as Piet Mondrian, Josef Albers and Hans Hoffmann provided inspiration for American artists, and influenced cultural development in the United States for many decades that followed. Significant artists of this period included Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Frank Kline, Barnett Newman, Clyfford Still and Adolph Gottlieb. In subsequent revisions, the contributions and efforts of female artists such as Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, and Louise Bourgeois have been recognised, amongst many other female creatives. less