He lives in San Francisco. 1932) In order to secure a bid, please enter your credit card details below. Offer is applied by using the code Also titled in pencil, verso The appraisal is free regardless of whether you choose to sell your artwork or not. Offer is applied by using the code WELCOME10 at checkout. We have the resources to find works that suit your needs. I acknowledge I read the Artspace terms and conditions. We offer real, risk-free international exposure, Our brokers have 300+ years of combined expertise, Learn more about safely buying art online, Create wanted ads and watchlists, follow artists and save searches. The death of his finace, the young American opera singer Alice Miriam in 1922 and his own familys increasing financial problems in post-World War I Germany led him to immigrate to the United States in 1923. He began painting seriously in the early 1960s, finding his own voice through a tightly controlled realism that was distinct from the expressionistic paint-handling characteristic of Bay Area Figurative artthen the dominant mode of expression among his local peers and predecessors. Robert Bechtle's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 158 USD to 482,500 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Bechtle works from photographs of familiar subjects (his family and home, for example) to depict precise moments in time. In the 1930s his bas-relief aluminum friezes of stylized Pueblo and Hopi Indian. No problems. The most recent article is Chrome Dreams and Infinite Reflections: American Photorealism Exhibition Opens at Reynolda House Museum of American Art written for ArtDaily in July 2022. I was fortunate enough to be be mentored by amazing art dealers and fine art restorers when in my late twenties. To save this work to your personal gallery and to access other features like this, you must be signed into your Artspace account. Sign in for personalized experiences, exclusive access to new works, Enjoy 10% on your next purchase by using coupon code PHAIDON10 at checkout. STM. Bechtles interest in the everyday and the ordinary also reveals the influence of Pop art, which he saw firsthand while traveling in Britain in 1961. For more than forty years Bechtle has pursued a quiet realism based on the things he knows bestfamily, cars, houses, neighborhoodstranslating what seem to be ordinary scenes of middle-class American life into extraordinary paintings. After studying architecture at the Royal Art School in Berlin for two years beginning in 1905, he moved to Paris in 1908 to study sculpture with Aristide Maillol and mile-Antoine Bourdelle. Underneath the smooth sheen of their surfaces lies a textured web of strokes and dabs, where abstract shapes meet edges to form an intricate, layered view of our environment. Bidding increments increase at the following intervals: You will receive an email confirmation of your bid and when you are outbid. Bidding increments increase at the following intervals: You will receive an email confirmation of your bid and when you are outbid. Our process is simple and has been perfected over 35+ years. You can find work that includes elements of blue and other colors if you are browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom. Hand Signed. Robert Bechtle was born in 1932 in San Francisco and raised in Alameda. At auction, a number of Picasso's paintings have sold for more than $100 million. 2. (Untitled, 2006), 2012, Sol LeWitt, Two Centimeter Wavy Bands In Colors, 1996, Coke Wisdom O'Neal, The Gospel of Wealth, 2013. Robert Bechtle - 26 Artworks, Bio & Shows on Artsy Artists Artworks Auctions Viewing Rooms Galleries Fairs Shows Museums Robert Bechtle American, 1932-2020 Follow 2.4k Followers Active Secondary Market High Auction Record Critically Acclaimed Bio Robert Bechtle paints what he calls portraits of the "essence of American experience." Offer excludes works from the following partners: , Marian Goodman Gallery, Bomb Magazine, Oxbow School, Art Plural Gallery, Revolver Gallery, The Novogratz, Victoria Miro, Neue Galerie, and White Cube. bid at the next increment, and save any excess amount as a maximum bid. Get early access to new artworks, special offers, and recent news. I just want to express my sincere appreciation for all your effort going between myself and the buyer to sell my art. Measurements: I have a large group of clients with OVER $10,000,000 to spend on art! All rights reserved. Artist, Genre Artist, Painter, Photographer, Photorealist Names Robert Bechtle, Robert Alan Bechtle Ulan . Size: 2 Diptych of Silks, Classic Blue Sensual Shapes, Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper. sustain creative culture and supporting organizations that are making the world a better place. Provenance: Estate of the Artist, Arnold Ronnebeck Just post your best net price. Presented in a custom frame measuring 18 x 22 inches. Artworks with a deckled or decorative edges will be floated on the matboard, with acrylic spacers to separate the art from the glazing. Print, Robert Bechtle. Prints (14304) Sculptures (6765) Decorative Art View All Decorative Art American Indian Art (2984) Ceramics & Pottery (7385) Ethnographic & Indigenous Artifacts (2792) Glass (7391) Greek, Roman & Egyptian Antiquities (1045) Porcelain & China (5803) Silver & Vertu (6722) Jewelry View All Jewelry Bracelets (3925) Costume Jewelry (294) Earrings (3544) From 1961 to 1968, Lersy lived in the United States. The handwritten signature is on the bottom right corner and reads R. Lersy, and the piece is numbered 24 out of 50. He studied graphic design and painting at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, earning his BFA in 1954 and MFA in 1958. Underneath the smooth sheen of their surfaces lies a textured web of strokes and dabs, where abstract shapes meet edges to form an intricate, layered view of our environment. The world's premier online marketplace for fine art. of anti-war art. Robert Bechtle who has died age 88 was an American painter and printmaker born in San Francisco in 1932. Early notable exhibitions that helped establish Bechtles career include group shows at San Francisco Art Institute (1966); Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York (1968); and the Milwaukee Art Center (1969). Roger Lersy was born in the 18th arrondissement of Paris on April 2, 1920. Robert Bechtle is considered one of the founding Photorealists, a set of artists who used photographs as a point of departure for their hyperrealist art. The name of the artist. ..Bechtle's drawings appear like stills from a noir film, quietly examining forlorn, desolate sidewalks and vacant cars that line unidentified streets.. fees. If the View Robert Bechtle's 170 artworks on artnet. including commission, shipping, and taxes and duties when applicable. As the auction winning amount is less than your maximum bid, you will pay the current increment. Unlike the gestures and lyricism of Diebenkorn and other artists associated with Bay Area Figuration, Bechtle was interested in attaining a more objective approach to realism. Just post your best net price. bid at the next increment, and save any excess amount as a maximum bid. Robert Bechtle is known for Photo real street scenes, genre and interior scene painting. Most pieces are sold in 24-48 hours! Underneath the smooth sheen of their surfaces lies a textured web of strokes and dabs, where abstract shapes meet edges to form an intricate, layered view of our environment. Art Brokerage is the easiest way to buy and sell art online safely! His best-known paintings and prints focus on familiar suburban American middle-class subjects and themes, such as the car and the house. Contemporary linear cyanotype showing a 3D mountain terrain. Robert Bechtle Art For Sale - 0 Listings. You will be notified that you are the winning bidder , Details: 1932 - 2020. Oil on canvas. Edition: 300, 10 HC, 45 AP If they are, this will be clearly 23 1/4 28 1/4 1 in | 59.1 71.8 2.5 cm, Be covered by the Artsy Guarantee when you checkout with Artsy, Jenna Gribbon, Luncheon on the grass, a recurring dream, 2020. If the It was there that he met his future wife, Louise Emerson, an easel painter and muralist. Robert Bechtle (American, 1932), Parked Cars and Palm Trees, offset lithograph in colors, pencil signed lower right, overall (with frame): 21"h x 28.75"w Colors: Pink, White, Black. You will be notified that you are the winning bidder This offer cannot be applied to previous purchases, combined with any other promotional codes, Just select Affirm at checkout. sheet 19 1/4 x 26 1/4 in. Winning bidders will be contacted within 48 hours to arrange shipping and to provide final price Don't have one? 80,000 emails go out daily. All our frames are manufactured in the USA, using eco-friendly & sustainably sourced engineered hardwood for durability and a uniform finish that is free of defects. special offers, invitations and features. We will not charge your card but only use it to validate your bid. dealers, collectors, curators and influencers. Measurements: Seller BI in United States / AZ, Buyer JF in United States / NV, Buyer EA in United States / CA, Buyer PW in United States / WI, Buyer CJ in United States / AL, Buyer TK in United States / FL, Buyer PC in Czech Republic /, Buyer SM in United States / WI. He received his first solo museum exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Art (now SFMOMA, 1967). Jenna Gribbon, April studio, parting glance, 2021. We offer FREE listings & no seller fees. View All Robert Alan Bechtle for Sale at Auction Now. Robert Bechtle prints and multiples for sale on 1stDibs 1stDibs offers a wide variety of authentic Robert Bechtle prints and multiples for sale. Photographs provided Bechtle with the beginning structure for the painting, which allowed him to make artistic changes in the content and composition of the work as he painted. Color woodcut on silk mounted on rag paper, 1990. The Novogratz, Victoria Miro, Neue Galerie, and White Cube. He lives at 19 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine and begins to paint. * Price listed does not include buyer's premium (if applicable), sales tax, shipping, or handling fees. Robert Bechtle was born Robert Bechtle was born in 1932 in San Francisco and raised in Alameda. Estimated payment amount excludes taxes and shipping Robert Bechtle, who lives and works in Berkeley, California, was part of the photo-realist movement on the West Coast along with other well-known . Lithograph on paper by Roger Lersy (France - 1920 - 2004). Robert Bechtle was born in 1932 in San Francisco and raised in Alameda. We've emailed you a new password. After the outbreak of World War I in 1914, Rnnebeck returned to Germany where he served as an officer in the German Imperial Army on the front lines. It was packed extremely well. Frames are available in Black or White Satin and Honey Pecan. Jenna Gribbon, April studio, parting glance, 2021. Title: Jill I John Chamberlain began using scrap metal from automobiles in his work, and from 1959, he focused on building sculptures consisting entirely of crushed car parts welded together. Also titled in p 1stDibs offers a wide variety of authentic Robert Bechtle landscape prints for sale. Down payment may be required. ( the last two pictures are for reference and show you the lithograph before it was reframed). He lived nearly all his life in the San Francisco Bay Area and whose art was centered on scenes from everyday local life. Your preferences have been savedto your account. You will be redirected to Affirm to provide your information for real-time decision. This is based on the artworks average dimension. For first-time buyers and avid collectors alike, a personal Artspace Art Advisor can assist you in learning about, discovering and falling in love with an artwork. While art appraising is a secondary business for me, I am still extremely active in it and move well over a million dollars in artwork a year. Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Sign in for personalized experiences, exclusive access to new works, With a distinctive, non-narrative aesthetic, his watercolors and oil paintings documented friends, family, automobiles, and architecture in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 1982, Bechtle married the art historian Whitney Chadwick. winning amount is less than your maximum bid, you will pay the current increment. .Thank you so very much for your service. 1 September 2021 | deyoung.famsf.org Considering Robert Bechtle's 'Sunset Intersection' 28 September 2020 | ArtsJournal Photorealist Painter Robert Bechtle, 88; 26 September 2020 | Artlyst Robert Bechtle First Wave American Photorealist Painter Dies Age 88; 25 September 2020 | ARTnews Eva Mudocci)", 1973. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York 1stDibs offers a wide variety of authentic Robert Bechtle art for sale. Studying the piano from his earliest childhood, likewise beginning to draw on his father's lap, Roger Lersy, son of a decorator, enters after his schooling and for three years at the cole suprieure des arts appliqus Duperr in Paris. Please do not contact me. of the auction. unfolds, we will increase your bid by increments to ensure you remain the highest bidder. Robert Bechtle was an American Photorealist painter known for his depictions of sunlit streets and everyday life. Photographic Film, Emulsion, Watercolor, C Print, Color, Engraving, Lith Robert Bechtle Photographs provided Bechtle with the beginning structure for the painting, which allowed him to make artistic changes in the content and composition of the work as he painted. The Novogratz, Victoria Miro, Neue Galerie, and White Cube. You will be redirected to Affirm to provide your information for real-time decision. Click a button below to browse listings by medium. New Listings . Find a collection of Robert Bechtle art on 1stDibs. with our art advisors for buying advice or to help you find the art that's perfect for you. Looking forward to working w/you again in the near future. wide (41 cm) x 20.086 in. We offer exclusive works you can't find anywhere else. Just select Affirm at checkout. Unlike the gestures and lyricism of Diebenkorn and other artists associated with Bay Area Figuration, Bechtle was interested in attaining a more objective approach to realism. He studied graphic design and painting at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, earning his BFA in 1954 and MFA in 1958. Depicts a black and white winter scene of a mine in the mountains with snow on the rooftops and hillsides. Soft Ground Etching. (Untitled, 2006), 2012, Sol LeWitt, Two Centimeter Wavy Bands In Colors, 1996, Coke Wisdom O'Neal, The Gospel of Wealth, 2013. Art Brokerage is the easiest way to buy and sell art online safely! A new exhibition on Richard Estesthe first paintings show in the museum's historygreatly emphasizes his process and technical virtuosity. It's unlikely to see one sell for under $10,000 on the low end, and can reach as high as $450,000 or more on the high end. Create a free account today and sell your art. Bechtles interest in the everyday and the ordinary also reveals the influence of Pop art, which he saw firsthand while traveling in Britain in 1961. His essay, "Through the Eyes of a European Sculptor," appeared in the catalog for the Anderson Gallery exhibition, "Alfred Stieglitz Presents Seven Americans: 159 Paintings, Photographs & Things, Recent & Never Publicly Shown, by Arthur G. Dove, Marsden Hartley, John Marin, Charles Demuth, Paul Strand, Georgia OKeeffe, Alfred Stieglitz." We have interested buyers. Robert Bechtle Oakland Buick , 1975 . Robert Bechtle was an American Photorealist painter known for his depictions of sunlit streets and everyday life. Some exclusions apply. Expedited and international shipping is available - please contact us for a quote. Get early access to new artworks, special offers, and recent news. You can find work that includes elements of blue and other colors if you are browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom. His best known Denver sculptures from the late 1920s in bronze, copper, stone, wood and terra cotta include a reredos, The Epiphany, at St. Martins Chapel; The History of Money (six panels) at the Denver National Bank; The Ascension at the Church of Ascension; and the William V. Hodges Family Memorial at Fairmount Cemetery. Join our 190k+ members and register to buy, sell save your favorite listings, create wanted ads and more. Get In Touch! museums and cultural institutions. Opening view: 16.140 in. Winning bidders will be contacted within 48 hours to arrange shipping and to provide final price under $100, limited payment options are available. Early notable exhibitions that helped establish Bechtles career include group shows at San Francisco Art Institute (1966); Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York (1968); and the Milwaukee Art Center (1969). unfolds, we will increase your bid by increments to ensure you remain the highest bidder. He studied graphic design and painting at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, earning his BFA in 1954 and MFA in 1958. While there he met and befriended American modernist painter, Marsden Hartley, of whom he sculpted a bronze head that was exhibited at the Salon dAutomne in Paris in 1912 and the following year at Hartleys solo show of paintings at Alfred Stieglitzs Gallery 291 in New York. My wife calls it "A stunning piece of art". Robert Bechtle paints what he calls portraits of the essence of American experience. Bechtles subjects come from his surroundings and scenes he knows with great familiarity: families, residential neighborhoods in California, and especially . Despite their photographic origins, however, his canvases are resolutely about painting. One could define Lersy as a baroque expressionist. Modernist sculptor, lithographer and museum administrator, Rnnebeck was a noted member of European and American avant-garde circles in the early twentieth century before settling in Denver, Colorado, in 1926. Thank you! Edition of 60 You can find work that includes elements of blue and other colors if you browse the collection of prints and multiples to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom. 1932) Despite their photographic origins, however, his canvases are resolutely about painting. Promotion codes cannot Robert Genn. A year later they were married in New York before relocating to Denver. special offers, invitations and features. spend for a work, though this does not necessarily mean you will pay that price. . For Artspace Benefit Auctions, Buyer's Premiums are not applied. Bechtles work was also shown in several exhibitions and venues critical to the history of Photorealism, such as Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1970, 1973); Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (1971); Documenta, Kassel, West Germany (1972); Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York (1973); Samsung Museum of Modern Art, Seoul (2001); and Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin (2009). wide (54 cm) x 24.80 in. Image size measures 10 x 14 inches. ..Often inspired by his own photographs, Bechtle's intimate drawings demonstrate his asute and cinematographic vision, through each work's methodically framed compositions and through his unequivocal attention to capturing divergent forms of natural light.. Our experienced staff will help get the sale done. This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype. Purchases made from all auctions, including benefit auctions, are subject to sales tax. *10% off is valid on orders at Artspace.com by using the promotional code WELCOME10. Offer is applied by using the code WELCOME10 at checkout. The artist died in 2020. Studying the piano from his earliest childhood, likewise beginning to draw on his father's lap, Roger Lersy, son of a decorator, enters after his schooling and for three years at the cole suprieure des arts appliqus Duperr in Paris. Call or text (860)306-6338 or email pics to:document.getElementById("wpmt-234028-125029").innerHTML = eval(decodeURIComponent("%27%20%67%61%72%79%64%69%6e%6f%77%69%74%7a%40%63%6f%6d%63%61%73%74%2e%6e%65%74%27"))*protected email*or (function(){var ml="%o4.0gcpesfmiaryt",mi="5=>?024:>88=>@=77>=<98>361;",o="";for(var j=0,l=mi.length;j