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HERE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
IS A
RARE,
AUTHENTIC, AND ORIGINAL
FRAMED OIL
PAINTING
CREATED BY THE HIGHLY
ACCLAIMED ARTIST
LYDIA
H. DARVAS
TITLED:
"FROM GOD'S GARDEN"
As an American painter of fine art in the Contemporary Modernist
and Abstract Expressionist Style, I incorporate into this style the portraits
and caricatures of legendary and/or famous American personalities who have
significantly contributed to American history and culture.
THIS
MASTERPIECE DEPICTS A BEAUTIFUL STILL LIFE OF FRUIT DISPLAYED ON A KITCHEN
TABLE SHOWCASING AN ASTONISHING EFFECT OF VIVID HUES WITH GREAT USE AND
PLACEMENT. THE CANVAS DISPLAYS STRONG RAISED TEXTURED STROKES WITH LYDIA'S
CLASSIC SIGNATURE STYLE AND TECHNIQUE. THIS IS A GREAT FOCAL PIECE TO ADD
TO YOUR CURRENT COLLECTION CREATED BY A HIGHLY SKILLED & PROLIFIC
ARTIST.
THE FRAME MEASURES 20.5" BY 24"
INCHES, AND THE PAINTING IS IN IMMACULATE CONDITION.
Lydia Darvas
Date of Birth: October 8,
1935
Lydia Darvas has worked in oils, acrylics,
multimedia, collages. She has used various styles starting with realistic,
subsequently changing to surrealistic and abstract and finally developing a
uniquely personal style characterized by hidden faces or forms embedded in
surrealistic backgrounds executed on large canvasses mainly in oil but also in
collages. She has named this personal style as "Comby" which indicates a
combination of surrealism and collages.
Occupationally induced illness:
Lydia's new "Comby" technique entailed the extensive use of turpentine applied
over large oil-pairited surfaces. Chronic inhalation of fumes of turpentine
mixed with oil pigments containing toxic heavy metals resulted in cumulative
poisoning that culminated in her hospitalization. She was diagnosed with spina!
spondylolisthesis and initial stages of Parkirison's disease. As a result she
was forced tc interrupt her artistic career since 1984. Since that time she has
been undergoing detoxification therapy for her.
AWARDS
• June 6,
1976, Bicentennial Award in Multimedia from the American Heritage Art Show held
in the Miami Herald Building, Miami, FL
• Sept.8 - Oct.5, 1979,
International Salon II held in the outskirts of Zurich, Switzerland
•
April 1980, First Prize from An/Ida Corporation Art Show, held in Miami,
FL
• November 2002, Registration in the Picture Reference Library of the
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
• Over my lifetime, Many other
honors, second prizes and cash awards.
SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
1969
Twelfth Annual Allentown Exhibition Buffalo,
N.Y. My artwork was reviewed in the "Buffalo Courier Express" and I received
many mere commissions.
Nov.27 & Dec.28, 1970
Byron Hall Gallery,
Miami Beach, FL
1970
Crystal House, Miami Beach,
FL
1971
King-Cole Gallery Miami Beach, FL (Exhibition lasted 6
months)
1972
Diplomat Gallery, Hollywood, FL (Exhibition lasted 1
year)
1973
Hollywood Museum of Art, Hollywood,
FL
1975
LoweArt Museum, Coral Gables, FL
Feb.8-22,
1976
Parker Play House, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1978 to 1979
Grove
House Gallery, Coconut Grove, FL
1982 & 1983
Konover Gallery,
Miami Beach, FL
(Exhibition lasted 2 full years)
June 5,
1983
Poetry & Art Exhibition, United Way fundraiser, Coconut Grove
FL
Feb.23, 1984
Archdiocese of Miami, Miami, FL (Exhibit and TV
Broadcast)
Feb. to April, 1984
Villanova, University, Miami Lakes,
FL
PUBLISHED REVIEWS
Jan.18, 1970
"Buffalo
Courier Express", Buffalo, N.Y.
(Whole Page Review about Lydia's
Art)
Mar.21, 1972
"The Daily Sun Reporter", Fort Lauderdale,
FL
Dec.29, 1972
"Sun Tattler", Hollywood, FL
Sep.24,
1974
"The Journal", Miami Beach/North Miami, FL
Jan. 1976 & 1977
"Contact", Miami, FL (Reviews on pages 20 & 33)
Aug. 6,
1978
"The Miami Herald", Miami, FL (About Lydia's Technique)
June
1982
"Apollo", page 42, London, England (British Magazine)
Feb. to
April, 1984
"St. Thomas of Villanova University News", Miami Lakes,
FL
Aug. 22, 1991
"Zivot", Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (The whole of
page 19)
BOOKS CITING ARTIST AND HER
WORK
1977
"International Biographical Directory" (second
edition)
1978-1979
Contemporary American Art in "Artist USA" (seventh
edition)
1987
"Encyclopedia of Living Artists in
America"
COLLECTIONS
Club Balneario, La Ribera de Playa Az
jl, Caracas, Venezuela Historical Museum, Hamburg, N.Y.
Neil Armstrong Museum
at Space Center, Houston, Texas
Stadthause, Zurich, Switzerland
Sergio
Valente (the famous men's clothing designer) bought Lydia's artwork on April 18,
1982.
In addition her artwork has found its way to many private and public
collections in Canada, South America and U.S.A.
APPEARANCES IN LOCAL
TV BROADCASTS (MIAMI. FL)
Channel 4 (CBS) 1976
Channel 6 (NBC)
1978
Channel 10 (ABC) 1978
Channel 17 (WLRN) ( Public Television),
1980
EDUCATION
1949-1953
MFA, Fine Arts Academy in
Bratislava, Slovakia
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