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      Georgette London Owens

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      Georgette London Owens (b. 1920)

      Photographed by Brassai in her Paris Studio in the late 1940s

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      • Georgette London Owens was born in Paris in 1920 to a left-wing political activist father and a journalist mother who introduced her to travel and the arts.  As a child, Owens traveled extensively throughout Europe and in her mother’s circle of intellectual artist friends met Jean Cocteau, Colette, Niki de St. Phalle, and Leonor Fini. During WWII, she remained in Paris, witnessing first-hand the horrors of the German occupation and losing her father to the French Resistance.  At 16, Owens studied drawing and lithography at École des Beaux-Arts.  Each day after school, Owens would visit La Grande Chaumiere in Montparnasse to sketch. Eventually her mother purchased a small atelier in Montparnasse, across from Alberto Giacometti’s studio.  Owens was thrilled to have her own space in which to paint, and she kept to her studies in earnest.

        She met the Cubist painter André Lhote, with whom she studied for several years.  Lhote disapproved of her desire to marry Frank Owens, an Army Tech Sergeant she met through her work with the U.S. Engineers Services after the war.  Lhote felt that a family life would deter Owens from her painting, but nonetheless they married within 6 weeks and Owens continued to paint.  Lhote was friends with Pablo Picasso, who came to her first exhibition at Galerie Poirier in 1944 and congratulated her.  She continued to exhibit throughout Paris in the late 1940s; at Musée d'Art Moderne, Le Palais de Tokyo, Musée des Beaux Arts, and the Salon des Indépendants.

        In 1948, Owens and her husband left France and settled in Ohio, where Frank’s relatives lived.  During this time Owens had two children, Cathie and Frank, and continued to paint and draw, visiting the Museum of Modern Art in Cincinnati to take classes. After the birth of their third child, Gail, the family relocated to Larchmont, New York.

        Owens continued to paint at home and the proximity to New York’s booming metropolis, with its museums and galleries, energized her work. Having studied interior design and worked on residential projects, Owens was eager to engage in the commercial aspects of design.  Through a friend she met the general manager of the St. Regis Hotel, who contracted Owens to design 19 suites to be used by clothing designers showcasing their elegant wares for patrons of the hotel.  Her designs were a success and Owens was given an office in the building and freelanced on renovation projects throughout the hotel, all the while continuing to paint.

        Through her work at the St. Regis, Owens was asked to re-decorate the apartment of actor Rex Harrison, and designed the fundraising reception for the John F. Kennedy Library, hosted by Jackie Kennedy.

        One day in the lobby Owens met Salvador Dali, a frequent guest of the hotel.  He asked Owens to pose for him as Medusa, using Owen’s long red hair as reference for his 1963 lithograph “La Meduse.”  Dali became her mentor, and when he decided to exhibit his jewelry in the Spanish Pavilion at the International Fair in New York, he asked Owens to design the display.  In addition to her interior design work, Owens was also painting during this period and exhibited at the George Wiener Gallery on Madison Avenue and in a group exhibit at MOMA.

        During a trip to Paris, Owens met the designer Pierre Cardin, who had seen her paintings and commissioned her to design a jewelry line.

        After the completion of her work at the St. Regis, Owens was hired to redecorate the Silver Room at Cartier’s New York boutique.  Sponsored by the French government, Owens gathered fine art, ceramics, tapestries, jewelry, and antique furniture from France to decorate the space.

        The 1969 moon landing provided great inspiration for Owens, who has since painted numerous planets, comets, and meteors.  Other inspirations include architecture, music (especially the jazz of Django Reinhardt, whom Owens saw perform in Paris), and travel.

        In 1978, Owens and her husband moved to California.  She devoted all of her time to painting and in 1988, formed the Alliance for Women Artists to help professional female artists exhibit both nationally and internationally.

        In 1998, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from World Contemporary Art for her work with the Alliance and her pursuit of artistic excellence in her own work.  Owens has since exhibited extensively throughout Northern California and France.  She lives in Marin County, California.



        salvador dali ocelot
        Georgette taking care of Salvador Dali's ocelot. Circa 1960s, Manhanttan.
        Dans ses premières années de peinture figurative, alors influencée par le cubisme dominant, elle montrait des qualités de coloriste très personnelles, osant des mélanges étranges, orangé-vert par exemple. Dans la suite de son évolution, pratiquant une sorte de paysagisme proche de l'abstraction lyrique, elle agence des formes colorées bien délimitées, structurées par un réseau de lignes-forces, en suggérant un mouvement tectonique.

        During her early figurative work, influenced by cubism dominating then the Paris art world, Georgette London Owens showed qualities of a very distinct colorist, mixing colors in a way no one was doing at that time, like orange mixed with green. Her work then evolved from figurative into abstracted landscapes. She combines colorful forms next to each other, structured by a network of strong lines, suggesting a quasi tectonic movement.
        -Bénézit, Dictionary of Artists
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      <i>Norway</i> <br>20th Century Oil <br><br>#51776
      Norway
      20th Century Oil

      #51776
      Georgette London Owens Sold $3,985
      Sold
      <i>New Mexico</i> <br>1975 Oil Abstract <br><br>#93401
      New Mexico
      1975 Oil Abstract

      #93401
      Georgette London Owens $9,450
      <i>Femme au paon - Eve - Paradise</i> <br>1960s Oil <br><br>#B4939
      Femme au paon - Eve - Paradise
      1960s Oil

      #B4939
      Georgette London Owens $12,750
      Blue & Black Geometric Abstract <br>1994 Charcoal & Pastel <br><br>#B4933
      Blue & Black Geometric Abstract
      1994 Charcoal & Pastel

      #B4933
      Georgette London Owens Sold $1,395
      Sold
      Abstract Geometric Forms <br>1994 Charcoal & Pastel <br><br>#B4935
      Abstract Geometric Forms
      1994 Charcoal & Pastel

      #B4935
      Georgette London Owens Sold $1,395
      Sold
      <i>Sur le Pont d'Avignon</i> <br>1943-45 Oil <br><br>#B4804
      Sur le Pont d'Avignon
      1943-45 Oil

      #B4804
      Georgette London Owens $7,850
      <i>Portrait of Michael Partix</i> <br>1943 Ink <br><br>#B4801
      Portrait of Michael Partix
      1943 Ink

      #B4801
      Georgette London Owens Sold $1,675
      Sold
      <i>Talisman</i> <br>1998 Ink <br><br>#B0483
      Talisman
      1998 Ink

      #B0483
      Georgette London Owens Sold $1,750
      Sold
      Circular Forms in Blue <br>20th Century Mixed Media & Collage <br><br>#B4613
      Circular Forms in Blue
      20th Century Mixed Media & Collage

      #B4613
      Georgette London Owens Sold $3,375
      Sold
      Geometric Monochromatic Abstract <br>1998 Ink <br><br>#B4633
      Geometric Monochromatic Abstract
      1998 Ink

      #B4633
      Georgette London Owens Sold $1,585
      Sold
      Angular Monochromatic Abstract <br>20th Century Ink & Charcoal <br><br>#B4644
      Angular Monochromatic Abstract
      20th Century Ink & Charcoal

      #B4644
      Georgette London Owens Sold $1,850
      Sold
      <i>Waterfall</i> <br>1970s Oil <br><br>#B4530
      Waterfall
      1970s Oil

      #B4530
      Georgette London Owens Sold $3,450
      Sold
      <i>The Canyon</i> <br>1986 Oil Abstract <br><br>#A7872
      The Canyon
      1986 Oil Abstract

      #A7872
      Georgette London Owens $3,585
      <i>Leonid Meteor Show</i><br>2000 Oil Abstract<br><br>#93400
      Leonid Meteor Show
      2000 Oil Abstract

      #93400
      Georgette London Owens $3,495
      <i>Talisman</i><br>1998 Ink & Charcoal<br><br>#93414
      Talisman
      1998 Ink & Charcoal

      #93414
      Georgette London Owens $995
      Geometric Angular Abstract<br>Late 20th Century Oil<br><br>#93407
      Geometric Angular Abstract
      Late 20th Century Oil

      #93407
      Georgette London Owens $1,465
      <i>Talisman II, Insounsiance</i><br>Mid-Late 20th Century Ink & Charcoal<br><br>#95907
      Talisman II, Insounsiance
      Mid-Late 20th Century Ink & Charcoal

      #95907
      Georgette London Owens $1,385
      Modernist Angular Abstract<br>Late 20th Century Ink & Pastel<br><br>#93410
      Modernist Angular Abstract
      Late 20th Century Ink & Pastel

      #93410
      Georgette London Owens $985
      Red & Black Angular Abstract<br>1999 Ink & Pastel<br><br>#93421
      Red & Black Angular Abstract
      1999 Ink & Pastel

      #93421
      Georgette London Owens $995
      Cubist Deconstruction<br>Late 20th Century Ink & Charcoal<br><br>#93419
      Cubist Deconstruction
      Late 20th Century Ink & Charcoal

      #93419
      Georgette London Owens $985
      georgette london owens 1940s female nude drawing
      Autumn Leaves
      Mid - Late 20th Century Oil

      #94122
      Georgette London Owens $2,565
      <i>Golden Gate Bridge</i> <br>1986-87 Oil Abstract <br><br>#A7875
      Golden Gate Bridge
      1986-87 Oil Abstract

      #A7875
      Georgette London Owens Sold $3,545
      Sold
      <i>Opulence - Talisman XXII</i> <br>2004 Mixed Media <br><br>#93405
      Opulence - Talisman XXII
      2004 Mixed Media

      #93405
      Georgette London Owens Sold $985
      Sold
      <i>Talisman VI</i> <br>2004 Ink & Pastel <br><br>#96413
      Talisman VI
      2004 Ink & Pastel

      #96413
      Georgette London Owens Sold $1,395
      Sold
      Triangular Expressionist Abstract <br>20th Century Mixed Media Drawing <br><br>#93227
      Triangular Expressionist Abstract
      20th Century Mixed Media Drawing

      #93227
      Georgette London Owens Sold $1,665
      Sold
      Heart-Shaped Cubist Abstract <br>20th Century Ink & Charcoal <br><br>#93417
      Heart-Shaped Cubist Abstract
      20th Century Ink & Charcoal

      #93417
      Georgette London Owens Sold $985
      Sold
      <i>La Mer</i> <br>1970s Oil <br><br>#94230
      La Mer
      1970s Oil

      #94230
      Georgette London Owens Sold $2,565
      Sold
      Angular Monochrome Cubist Abstract <br>20th Century Ink & Charcoal <br><br>#93403
      Angular Monochrome Cubist Abstract
      20th Century Ink & Charcoal

      #93403
      Georgette London Owens Sold $1,395
      Sold
      Geometric Forms in Abstraction <br>20th Century Mixed Media Drawing <br><br>#93220
      Geometric Forms in Abstraction
      20th Century Mixed Media Drawing

      #93220
      Georgette London Owens Sold $1,695
      Sold
      Pink & Blue Angular Cubist Abstract <br>20th Century Oil Pastel & Ink <br><br>#93211
      Pink & Blue Angular Cubist Abstract
      20th Century Oil Pastel & Ink

      #93211
      Georgette London Owens Sold $1,685
      Sold
      <i>Autumn Leaves</i> <br>1970s Cubist Oil <br><br>#94726
      Autumn Leaves
      1970s Cubist Oil

      #94726
      Georgette London Owens Sold $2,765
      Sold
      <i>Nazca Lines, Peru</i> <br>1970s Cubist Ink & Charcoal <br><br>#93705
      Nazca Lines, Peru
      1970s Cubist Ink & Charcoal

      #93705
      Georgette London Owens Sold $1,365
      Sold
      <i>Autumn Leaves</i> <br>1970s Cubist Oil <br><br>#94722
      Autumn Leaves
      1970s Cubist Oil

      #94722
      Georgette London Owens Sold $2,765
      Sold
      <i>Talisman</i> <br>20th Century Ink & Pastel <br><br>#93204
      Talisman
      20th Century Ink & Pastel

      #93204
      Georgette London Owens Sold $1,295
      Sold
      <i>New York</i> <br>1960s Charcoal & Oil <br><br>#93207
      New York
      1960s Charcoal & Oil

      #93207
      Georgette London Owens Sold $1,365
      Sold
      <i>Arizona</i> <br>1980s Oil <br><br>#93198
      Arizona
      1980s Oil

      #93198
      Georgette London Owens Sold $2,495
      Sold
      <i>New York</i> <br>Mid Century Ink & Watercolor <br><br>#72055
      New York
      Mid Century Ink & Watercolor

      #72055
      Georgette London Owens Sold $995
      Sold
      <i>The Cry of the Wild</i> <br>1986 Oil <br><br>#94477
      The Cry of the Wild
      1986 Oil

      #94477
      Georgette London Owens Sold $3,485
      Sold
      <i>The Stupendous Rocks</i> <br>1986 Oil <br><br>#94468
      The Stupendous Rocks
      1986 Oil

      #94468
      Georgette London Owens Sold $3,585
      Sold
      In the Artist's Studio <br>Mid Century Oil <br><br>#94397
      In the Artist's Studio
      Mid Century Oil

      #94397
      Georgette London Owens Sold $14,995
      Sold
      <i>Taos</i>, New Mexico <br>1980s Oil <br><br>#A3034
      Taos, New Mexico
      1980s Oil

      #A3034
      Georgette London Owens Sold $1,350
      Sold
      Abstracted Mountainous Landscape<br>1970s Oil <br><br>#A3040
      Abstracted Mountainous Landscape
      1970s Oil

      #A3040
      Georgette London Owens Sold $1,958
      Sold
      Bright Blue Abstraction <br>1980s Oil <br><br>#A3035
      Bright Blue Abstraction
      1980s Oil

      #A3035
      Georgette London Owens Sold $1,650
      Sold
      <i>Creation</i> <br>1980s Oil Expressionist Abstract <br><br>#A8276
      Creation
      1980s Oil Expressionist Abstract

      #A8276
      Georgette London Owens Sold $2,595
      Sold
      Monochrome Expressionist Abstract<br>Late 20th Century Ink & Charcoal<br><br>#93420
      Monochrome Expressionist Abstract
      Late 20th Century Ink & Charcoal

      #93420
      Georgette London Owens Sold $995
      Sold
      georgette london owens 1940s female nude drawing
      Indian Love
      Late 1970s Oil

      #94482
      Georgette London Owens Sold $2,765
      Sold
      georgette london owens 1940s female nude drawing
      Uranus
      1970s Oil

      #94464
      Georgette London Owens Sold $3,765
      Sold
      georgette london owens 1940s female nude drawing
      September 11th, 2001
      2001 Oil

      #95944
      Georgette London Owens Sold $3,495
      Sold
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