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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 $2,510 $3,585
        <i>Leonid Meteor Show</i><br>2000 Oil Abstract<br><br>#93400
        Leonid Meteor Show
        2000 Oil Abstract

        #93400
        Georgette London Owens Sold $3,495
        Sold
        <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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