Harry D Bouras Antique Modern Abstract Collage Art Oil Painting Old Vintage 1972

  
RARE AND OUTSTANDING VINTAGE MODERN ABSTRACT COLLAGE EXPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS BY REVERED CHICAGO MODERNIST SCULPTOR AND PAINTER HARRY D. THIS WORK DEPICTS A BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL ABSTRACT COMPOSITION SUPERBLY RENDERED IN A VIVID AND DYNAMIC COLOR SCHEME. HARRY BOURAS SKILLFULLY BLENDS THE TRADITIONAL MEDIUM OF OIL PAINT WITH COLLAGE ELEMENTS THAT FORMULATE A DIMENSIONAL MODERNIST WALL SCULPTURE. SIGNED AND DATED 7/72 BY HARRY BOURAS. DIMENSIONS: 21"W x 27"H. Bouras (1932 - 1990) was active/lived in Illinois.

Harry Bouras is known for Sculptor-collage, assemblage. Born: 1932 - Rochester, New York. Sculptor, calligrapher, and collagist; art critic for WFMT radio; Chicago, Ill. For 25 years he hosted "Art and Artists" (originally called "Critic's Choice"), a weekly radio program on art criticism on WFMT in Chicago.

He was artist-in-residence at the University of Chicago from 1962 to 1964, and at Northwestern University from 1965 to 1967. He taught at Columbia College in Chicago from 1964 until 1989. He was a frequent lecturer at colleges and universities and published numerous articles on art and literature. A Chicago-based sculptor, Harry Bouras did assemblage and direct-metal sculpture; his preferred media were steel, concrete and bronze.

He was born in Rochester, New York and earned his B. Degree at the University of Rochester in 1951.

From 1955 to 1956, he studied at the University of Chicago, and from 1962 to 1964, he was artist-in-residence there. He was a member of the Cliff Dwellers and Arts Club of Chicago. He exhibited five times at the Art Institute of Chicago where in 1962, he won the Pauline Palmer award.

He also won the Logan Gold Medal for sculpture. From 1971 to 1972, he studied on a Guggenheim Fellowship. Harry Bouras paintings and sculptures are housed in prominent museums and exhibited in prestigious galleries worldwide.

Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art". Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL). Museum of Modern Art, New York (New York City, NY). Wright Museum of Art (Beloit, WI).

10 Book References for Harry Bouras. Year Author Title Pages Color. Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor) The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No. 2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No. 1991 Falk, Peter Hastings Biennial Exhibition Record of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. 1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago. 1985 Krantz, Les American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans 347 Yes. 1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No. 1973 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1973 927 No. 1969 Meilach, Dona; Selden Direct Metal Sculpture 0 No. 1961 Seitz, William C The Art of Assemblage.