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Painting, Oil on Canvas
Size: 16.5 W x 19.5 H x 1 D in
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This is an original oil painting on canvas board by American artist Jerry De La Cruz (b 1948, Denver, CO). The work is 14” high by 11” wide unframed and 19.5” high by 16.5” wide framed. The work is aptly titled “Wise One,” showing a bust-high portrait of a quite elderly man, dressed in traditional ethnic costume, including a plaid head cap, perhaps a taqiyah or kufi. The man’s face is deeply tanned and very weathered. He squints in the sun, but has a confident easy smile. The palette is broad with a dark tan background, subtle colored clothing, and the subject’s deeply tanned flesh tones. The work is in excellent condition and signed front lower left by the artist. The work is in its original custom frame, an ornate gold gilt and dark brown wood frame with an ivory-colored linen liner along with hanging hardware.
Painting:Oil on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:16.5 W x 19.5 H x 1 D in
Frame:Gold
Ready to Hang:Yes
Packaging:Ships in a Box
Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.
Handling:Ships in a box. Artists are responsible for packaging and adhering to Saatchi Art’s packaging guidelines.
Ships From:United States.
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Born 1948, Denver, CO. Saatchi site presence maintained by Young's Fine Art. Extensive website at delacruzarts.com. "De La Cruz's mastery of formal and experimental techniques reflects a career dedicated to creative probing and discipline. It is rare indeed to come into contact with an artist who so successfully ranges from abstraction to surrealism in single canvases. Themes of personal identity and interpersonal responsiveness are layered into his work, allowing the viewer to share in the artist's process of questioning the relationships of his subjects to the world. The insights that develop in his works are universal in their ability to connect the reflective with the informative." Joaquin Alvarado Jerry De La Cruz (b 1948, Denver, CO) was listed among the three dozen most influential regional artists of the twentieth century in a Denver Post survey of regional curators (2001). His was the only Spanish surname. At the first International Latino Art Auction held in Phoenix, AZ in conjunction with Sotheby's (2003), De La Cruz proved the best selling artist of the auction and drew the highest auction price for a single work. The Denver Art Museum's first purchase of a living Hispanic's work for its permanent collection was a De La Cruz. Years later, he was the only artist considered when that same museum wanted to commission a contemporary digital work commemorating the opening of its new Libeskind Building (2007). De La Cruz was the recipient of back-to-back artist in residency grants from Colorado in his early career and received as well their very last painting fellowship in 2000. For a spell in 2006, works of De La Cruz were included in three unrelated art museum exhibits in Denver (Denver Art Museum, El Museo and the Mizel). Other honors include award of Best Art Event of the Year by Westword Magazine and appointment to Denver's Commission on Arts and Culture. De La Cruz currently splits his time between his studio in the Santa Fe District in Denver and his new studio in the Little River District of Miami.
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