Untitled (Apollo Series)
Type:Painting
Year:1976
Size:21.00" x 27.00"
Medium:Acrylic
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Framed: 22.5 x 28 inches PROVENANCE: Private Collection, OH
Robert Natkin ART FOR SALE
1930 Chicago, Illinois - 2010 New York. Known for: Expressionist abstract painting.
A painter of intensely colorful abstraction, Robert Natkin does work that often runs in series including Apollo Series of the 1960s. These works, with vertical stripes alternating between thick and... Read full biography
A painter of intensely colorful abstraction, Robert Natkin does work that often runs in series including Apollo Series of the 1960s. These works, with vertical stripes alternating between thick and thin, decorative and textured, are cheerful and light, invoking the lyricism of Apollo, the Greek god... Read full biography
A painter of intensely colorful abstraction, Robert Natkin does work that often runs in series including Apollo Series of the 1960s. These works, with vertical stripes alternating between thick and thin, decorative and textured, are cheerful and light, invoking the lyricism of Apollo, the Greek god of poetry and light. Other series are titled Steps and Grids, Field Mouse, and Intimate Lighting. His painting is inspired by the color used by Henri Matisse, and Pierre Bonnard, and the Cubism of... Read full biography
A painter of intensely colorful abstraction, Robert Natkin does work that often runs in series including Apollo Series of the 1960s. These works, with vertical stripes alternating between thick and thin, decorative and textured, are cheerful and light, invoking the lyricism of Apollo, the Greek god of poetry and light. Other series are titled Steps and Grids, Field Mouse, and Intimate Lighting. His painting is inspired by the color used by Henri Matisse, and Pierre Bonnard, and the Cubism of Paul Klee. Natkin was born in Chicago and graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1952. He married painter Judith Dolnick, and they lived in Chicago where Natkin and a friend opened the Wells Street Gallery to give young Chicago artists a chance... Read full biography
A painter of intensely colorful abstraction, Robert Natkin does work that often runs in series including Apollo Series of the 1960s. These works, with vertical stripes alternating between thick and thin, decorative and textured, are cheerful and light, invoking the lyricism of Apollo, the Greek god of poetry and light. Other series are titled Steps and Grids, Field Mouse, and Intimate Lighting. His painting is inspired by the color used by Henri Matisse, and Pierre Bonnard, and the Cubism of Paul Klee. Natkin was born in Chicago and graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1952. He married painter Judith Dolnick, and they lived in Chicago where Natkin and a friend opened the Wells Street Gallery to give young Chicago artists a chance to market their artwork. The gallery operated from 1957 to 1959. He was part... Read full biography
Robert Natkin - Art for Sale (7 available)
Abstract
Type:Painting
Year:1967
Size:10.00" x 8.00"
Medium:Mixed Media
Signed:Signed and Dated
Of Music
Type:Painting
Year:1956
Size:58.25" x 38.63"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Unsigned
Apollo No. 694
Type:Painting
Year:1979
Size:42.00" x 50.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
June's Painting
Type:Painting
Year:1953-54
Size:32.00" x 24.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Verso
Apollo Series
Type:Drawing
Year:1965
Size:13.00" x 15.00"
Medium:Mixed Media
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
Pastel, ink and watercolor
Apollo Series
Type:Painting
Year:1969
Size:44.00" x 50.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
This vibrant 1969 abstract painting by Chicago artist Robert Natkin is from his celebrated Apollo Series, known for its luminous color and rhythmic vertical compositions. The painting is in excellent condition, no prior restoration.