Description: This is a wonderful and evocative Vintage Modern African American Black Expressionist WPA Portrait Oil Painting on Canvas, by the late Pacific Palisades, California Modernist painter, Noreen Richeda Larinde (d. 2024.) This artwork depicts a dreamlike and ethereal setting of a crouched African American man, with a hopeful expression and his head tilted upward. Above him, various other African American figures can be seen, perhaps representative of the American Civil Rights Movement. This portrait is rendered in a WPA muralist style and evokes some of the stylistic elements of the late Ernie Barnes (1938 - 2009.) This piece is signed at the lower edge: "Richeda." Due to the fact that it is signed with the artist's maiden name, this piece likely dates to the 1960's. Approximately 23 1/2 x 38 3/4 inches (including frame.) Actual artwork is approximately 22 3/4 x 38 inches. Very good condition for age and storage, with some fine spiderweb craquelure throughout the painted surface, and mild scuffing and edge wear to the vintage wooden frame (please see photos.) Acquired from the deceased estate art studio of Noreen Richeda Larinde, in Pacific Palisades, California. Priced to Sell. If you like what you see, I encourage you to make an Offer. Please check out my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks! About the Artist: Noreen Larinde - Feminist painter, graphic printmaker and fine art photographer Noreen Larinde is an artist from Pacific Palisades, California. Artfacts Summary Noreen Larinde is a female artist. Noreen Larinde’s only verified exhibition was Italians Do It Better? at Underground - Founders Building in Pomona, CA in 2012. Noreen Larinde is exclusively exhibited in United States. Larinde has at least no solo shows but one group show (for more information, see biography.). Noreen Larinde has been exhibited with Bernadette Felber and Marianne Emmenegger. An interview with Noreen Larinde (2019)Here she talks to Artists Info about her work.Please describe your artwork styleI am a feminist painter, graphic printmaker and fine art photographer whose images have germinated from 2 major sources: (1) the Italian Renaissance figurative tradition of the human figure totally in command of the self, and (2) the aesthetics of Japanese Zen Buddhism, wherein woman is seen as unknowable through rational processes and can only be glimpsed through the artistic experience, which expresses the interaction between the externals of appearance and the dark, hidden mysterious inner nature of the self. Hence the images are not narratives, as in Italian paintings, but provocations as in Noh Drama, which demand that each viewer project the self and arrive at a personal interpretation.What is your background?I have a depth of background in the arts, having received BFA and MFA degrees in Studio Art, as well as a Ph.D. in Art History from the University of California, Berkeley and Los Angeles.How long have you been an artist?I have been painting from day one, and taking photographs since I started as a Professor of Art History for the California State Universities. As I teach not only Modernist Art History, but also the Cultures of East Asia, with a focus on Japan, I travel to Japan 3 times a year to take photos necessary for my courses. In this way I became a professional photographer out of necessity.I have developed my artistic career by continuing to paint every week and submitting works to artistic competitions, although with my teaching, I have not had much time to search out galleries. I have an extensive exhibitions record but not a permanent gallery.Who or what are your biggest influences?I do not follow artistic trends. I have developed a personal style, although I admit I have absorbed many styles through my extensive study of art history.Where do you create your work?I create my art in my personal studio on the property of my principal residence in California, and in my secondary house in the countryside of Umbria, near the city of Montefalco in Italy.What do you feel is the role of the artist in society?The artist today, in a society dominated by technology, provides the images which convey this reality and influence all peoples worldwide.What techniques/mediums do you use?I paint in high quality Utrecht oils on linen canvas, and create my digital images through my personal photographs modified via Photoshop.The subject and execution of a work cannot be divided. Both convey the message simultaneously and the viewer needs to see the organization of the canvas, photo or digital image as well as the identifiable image. There can be no separation of hierarchy in the visual arts.Any current or up-coming exhibitions?I am now preparing paintings which will be shown this spring in Rome in the Gallery Rossocinebro.Is there an element of art you enjoy working with most? Why?The element of art which I enjoy most working with is the human figure.
Price: 2750 USD
Location: Orange, California
End Time: 2024-09-30T19:58:29.000Z
Shipping Cost: 45 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Artist: Noreen Richeda Larinde
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Signed By: Noreen Richeda Larinde
Size: Large
Signed: Yes
Period: Post-War (1940-1970)
Material: Canvas, Oil
Region of Origin: California, USA
Framing: Framed
Subject: Boys, Community Life, Family, Figures, Inspirational, Ladies, Men, Silhouettes, Still Life, Women, Working Life
Type: Painting
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 38 3/4 in
Style: Abstract, Americana, Expressionism, Figurative Art, Modernism, Portraiture, Post-Impressionism, WPA
Theme: Americana, Art, Continents & Countries, Cultures & Ethnicities, Domestic & Family Life, Exhibitions, History, Inspirational, People, Politics, Portrait, Social History
Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
Production Technique: Oil Painting
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Handmade: Yes
Item Width: 23 1/2 in
Time Period Produced: 1960-1969
