Dave Fox, Geometric Figure #25

Description

Artist: David Fox (American, 1920-2011)
Title: Geometric Figure #25
Year: 2002
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Paper: Watercolor paper
Image size: … more Artist: David Fox (American, 1920-2011)
Title: Geometric Figure #25
Year: 2002
Medium: Acrylic on paper
Paper: Watercolor paper
Image size: 8 x 12 inches
Paper size: 8 x 12 inches
Signature: Signed and dated lower left by the artist
Condition: The artwork is in excellent condition, The frame has many serious scratches, might need to be replaced.
Frame: Framed

About the artist.

David (Dave) Fox was born in Vienna, Austria in 1920. He lived there until shortly after the Nazi Annexation of Austria. Dave left Vienna, not by choice, but because staying in Vienna meant risking his life. Dave crossed the German-Belgium border, seeking refuge in Belgium. He came to the United States in 1939, and settled in Los Angeles. Dave adjusted to life in California with the assistance of the German/ Jewish Hiking Club, part of the Jewish Federation Refugee Assistance Program. Once settled in the United States, Dave was inducted in and served with the U.S. Army in the Philippines and Japan. Returning to the US, Dave studied at some of the early renowned art schools in Los Angeles. He studied with well-known artists such as Rico Lebrun, Frances de Erderly, Emil Bistram and Guy McCoy, who introduced Dave to printmaking. He would go on to earn his BFA, MA and MFA. Dave dedicated his life to perfecting his skills at drawing, painting and ceramics, with a special emphasis in printmaking.
His early works from the late 1940s and early 1950s, capture the ever-changing landscapes of Los Angeles. The California landscape from the mountains to the Pacific Ocean and all the streets in between served as the backdrop for his creative expression. Dave divided his artwork equally between landscapes, people and abstracts. Throughout his long career he returned again and again to themes that reflected on his Jewish upbringing and a lifelong commitment to Judaism. Other works are also symbolic of his early memories of life in Vienna, including the influence of the theatre. David Fox died in 2011
Education:
1996-2005 Saddleback College, Emeritus Program, Mission Viejo, CA
1985-87 MFA Degree, California State University, Fullerton, CA: Drawing, Painting, Printmaking
1982-85 MA Degree, California State University, Fullerton, CA: Drawing and Printmaking
1977-82 BA Degree, California State University, Fullerton, CA
1950-51 Jepson Art Institute, Los Angeles
1947-50 Bistram School of Fine Art, Los Angeles

Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2009 Dave Fox: From Augarten to Los Angeles, Aktionsradium, Vienna, Austria (Fall 2009)
2009 Dave Fox: A Legacy in Art, Jewish Federation Council of Los Angeles, CA
1988 Melrose Avenue Series, Gallery 57, Fullerton, CA
1988 The Peacocks, Wenniger Graphics, Boston, MA
1987 The Artist’s Reception, MFA Exhibit, California State university, Fullerton, CA
1987 Paintings, Drawings and Prints, Mills House Gallery, Garden Grove, CA
1985 Landscapes in Print, Fullerton public Library, Fullerton, CA
1985 Images in Print, MA Exhibit, California State University, Fullerton, CA
1962 Buena Park Library, Buena Park & Huntington Beach Public Library, CA
1962 Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA
1961 Paintings and Drawings, Book Gallery, Anaheim, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2008 Interfaith Art Festival, Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Los Angeles, CA 2008-2009
2008-2009 California Seen: Landscapes of a Changing California 1930-197,
Long Beach Museum of Art, CA
2005 Reinventing Lives: Dave Fox & Dina Dar, Rio Hondo College, CA
1995-2005 Annual Sculpture Exhibit, Laguna Woods Art Association, Laguna Woods, CA
1995-2005 Annual Emeritus Art Association, Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA
1988 Black and White Show, Gallery 57, Fullerton, CA
1986 Printmakers, California Polytechnic State University
1986 Art Exchange, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
1963 2nd Annual Orange County Art Exhibit, Laguna Beach Museum, CA
1961 & 1962 Orange County Art Association, Annual Exhibit, CA
1961-64 Western Serigraph Institute Traveling Exhibits. Highlights include: Pomona College,
CA, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA, Scripps College, CA, Stanford University, CA,
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
1960 Eighth Annual All City Art Exhibition, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1951 Fifty-Seventh Annual Art Exhibit, Denver Art Museum, CO
1951 9th National Print Show, Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

Selected galleries and museums:
Wenniger Graphics, Boston and Provincetown, MA; Gallery 57, Fullerton, CA; Western Serigraph Institute, Los Angeles, CA; Oskar Selzer Galleries, Los Angeles, CA; Kaiser Art Galleries, Santa Ana, CA. Long Beach Museum of Art, CA; Carnegie Museum of Art, Oxnard CA; Leo Beach Institute, NY less