2274666

California Landscape OIL PAINTING Dzigurski CA #2274666

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California Landscape OIL PAINTING Dzigurski CA #2274666
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Signed A. Dzigurski lower right, verso copyright stamp reads, "Copyrights Reserved by: Prof. Alex Dzigurski American Marines and Landscapes". Original stretcher and gilt wood frame.

<P>SIZE: 24" x 30" (artwork) x 42.75" x 31.75" (frame).
<BR>CONDITION: Very good.
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Alexander Dzigurski, who is known for his seascapes, landscapes, and some portraiture, is associated with the art of California, although he was born in the farming community of Backa, located in Stari Becej, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The son of a wheat farmer, he was one of four siblings. Alexander's father considered his son's artistic desires an unproductive pursuit; contrarily, his mother was most interested in her son's talent, and understood her son's wishes to extend his abilities beyond the farm.
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With assistance from the Serbian Church, he went to Belgrade, where he lived at the Rakovica Monastery and attended the School of Art. He painted portraits for private families and did restorations of old iconostases as means of support. After graduating at age 18 in 1929, he continued his studies at Munich's Academy of Art. Then, for two years he volunteered in the King's Navy (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) beginning in 1939. His experiences provided his first works of his sea paintings.
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After this military period, he married his high school sweetheart. A daughter was born in 1933, and he soon opened "Zograf", his first studio. In 1941, Dzigurski was activated into the Yugoslav army, communications ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent, some wear to the frame</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:20th Century</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:California Landscape OIL PAINTING Dzigurski CA</td></tr>

<tr><td>Materials:oil on Canvas</td></tr>

<tr><td>Location:Long Island, NY</td></tr>
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