Expressive Nude Figure
20th Century Sumi Ink
#D1563
$950
Bill Paskewitz
This late 20th century sumi ink on paper drawing is by Bill Paskewitz (1953-2014). Paskewitz was a New York-born painter and influential Bay Area art educator whose work bridged the traditions of European art history and the expressive experimentation of postwar American painting. Raised and educated in New York City, he studied at Cooper Union and regularly visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art to draw from its collections, developing a lifelong engagement with the Old Masters. Deeply influenced by the gestural abstraction of Willem de Kooning and the layered imagery of David Salle, Paskewitz developed a distinctive visual language that moved fluidly between figuration and abstraction. Fascinated by traditional artistic materials and methods, he frequently made his own drawing media, burning gathered twigs to produce charcoal and harvesting natural ochres from the earth to create pigments. After relocating to California in the late 1970s, Paskewitz continued his prolific artistic practice while becoming a highly respected college professor of art and art history in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Late 20th Century
Sumi Ink on Paper
21.25"x27.5" framed, 17.5"x24" unframed
Estate stamped lower right. Framed in a contemporary dark walnut frame using archival matting and spacers behind plexiglass. Excellent vintage condition; repaired tear upper right, small ink dot at the bottom.
