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 ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (1901 - 1966)

Alberto Giacometti in his studio, Montparnasse. Paris.
Pen drawing by Theodore Zimmerman.

 
Theodore Zimmerman. M.A. 

   
 'Jerusalem.'
Pastel drawing by Theodore Zimmerman: 

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Paintings of scenes of London and Paris where he studied 'Impressionism', also in the Montmartre, Montparnasse and along the river Seine. The important beach drawings at Le Touquet, Brittany and Normandy where he would sketch the children playing on the sands. Drawings of Provence and all along the south west coast gave Theo. many subjects to paint. The artists life, time and travels on the beaches of France and in Europe as a painter, include, beautiful drawings in pastels of Saint-Gabriel-Plage, Sainte - Cecile- Plage, Hardelot - Plage, Boulogne - sur - mer, Le Touquet - Paris - Plage, Stella - Plage, Merlemont - Plage, Berck, Fort - Mahon - Plage, Dieppe, Pourville, Varengerville, Fecamp, Yport, Etretat, Sainte - Adresse, Le Havre, Honfleur, Trouville, Deauville, Bionville, Villers - sur - mer, Saint - Aubin, Arromanches, Pointe du Hoc, Cherbourg, and other places along the lovely coast of Brittany and Normandy, where he painted memorable scenes of Parisian families on ho;iday with their children playing on the rocky or sandy beaches and enjoying themselves with their friends paddling in the sea.   

 
Theodore Zimmerman in 1953  

Self portrait pen drawing in the artists personal and exclusive style by Theodore Zimmerman in Paris. 1953/54. 
All his works bear the artists 'atelier' studio stamp and are fully signed and inscribed. 

Albert Giacometti,  Sculpture and paintings:  Theo. Zimmerman visited Alberto Giacometti's studio on a number of occasions in 1953/54 when painting in Montparnasse, and completed drawings of Alberto and Annette during his time in Paris. Alberto made a drawing of Theo. sitting on a chair during one of his late 50's visits when Theo. also completed other drawings of Giacometti similar in style to the one shown above. In the 1960s Giacometti's health began to fail and in 1963 he underwent an operation for cancer of the stomach which was a success as the cancer did not return. In 1965 he became wery ill with heart disease and chronic bronchitis. Giacometti sadly died in June 1966 in Switzerland.  Theo. said, quote: "Alberto Giacometti was truly one of the greatest artists of the 20th century." unquote.

Hans Hartung. (1904-1989) Expressionist painter. Theo. met Hans Hartung in the late 1950's when working in Paris and attended his studio on a regular basis and became very interested in the artists new methods of painting. Hartung had important exhibitions in Paris, Brussels and Germany and he was honoured with the 'Prix Guggenheim' in 1956 and awarded an honorary membership of the Akademie der Künste in Berlin. Also his awards included the Great International Prize for Painting at the Biennale in Venice in 1960. Hans Hartung's memoirs were published  in 1976 and his fame became International.. One year later he became a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris and in 1981 was awarded the Oskar-Kokoschka-Prize of the Republic of Austria.

Jiving and dancing figures, 1960's by Theodore Zimmerman. 

Theodore Zimmerman paintings.

The Channel Islands, are special places for any artist to visit and marvel at the many lovely beaches and the countryside, with fields and woods full of flowers at springtime. A specialty of the artist when visiting the Channel Islands was to set out early in the morning to experience and record in pastels, the splendid sunrises and in the evenings the superb and colourful sunsets. Also, Theo's superb works he painted at night, include views of the sea and sky and the now deserted beaches. These rare and beautiful works painted in a low tone palette of blues and greys, are closely held by his family and friends. Ever since his first visit to the area as a schoolboy, and over a lifetime as an artist, he would return many times and create pastel drawings of the wonderful sandy beaches and picturesque scenery.
Painting at St. Ives, Theo. was aquainted with other well known painters, and his works on the beaches and all along the coastal villages of Cornwall were special places for Theo. to create his many beautiful drawings of lovely St. Ives, Newlyn, Mousehole and Polperro. All along the south coast resorts he would sketch the visitors and children playing on the sands and paddling in the sea. 
American, Canadian, Europe and Middle East paintings.
The artists quest to capture nature, from the Pyramids of Egypt and the sublime beauty of the Nile, the temples and buildings of Jerusalem, the morning mists on the river Seine, or that fleeting and illusive atmospheric moment of nature only seen through the artist's eyes in the colours of a Venice sunrise or sunset. Pastel drawings of lovely Provence, with it's hot summers, the orchards of Spain where the orange and lemon trees are a wonderful experience at blossom time, and the excitement of the bullfights and interesting local life. The beaches of beautiful Mallorca with the friendly people, and the lovely countryside of Italy and it's many vineyards. Greece with the magnificent monuments and temples offered many a good subject to sketch.
Theo's. very important American works include summer and winter scenes in Central Park and the busy Street scenes of New York. Beach paintings at Coney Island, street scenes of San Francisco, Los Angeles, any other places in the U.S.A. and Canada. During a lifetime of study and painting, he would start early in the morning and continue until quite late in the evening, remaining oblivious to anything or anyone who wished to distract him from his work. 
People of the night' drawings, Montparnasse, Paris. The artists works, have a stylized and spiritual feeling about them, as Theo. captures the aura and ambiance of the eternal spirit of people in a portrait or figure drawing. Theo. said, "The normal visual representation of a person in a photograph or portrait is obsolete, because the body changes every day as we journey through the aging process. I try to create in my paintings the aura and ambiance of the eternal spirit, which is with you throughout your lifetime." The artist's answer to an American onlooker who was watching him work and had remarked that his painting was missing many details, was, " If you want an accurate account of what you are looking at, go and find a photographer. However, I'm sure that you have the intelligence to appreciate an original work of art, then you will need an artist to paint it for you. " 
The Bible Series. Theo's. late atmospheric and colourful scenes of stories from the Bible, full of colour, poetry and mysticism, include 'The 'exodus' from Egypt'. 'The journeys of 'Moses' and the 'Israelites', including 'Moses and the 'Ten Commandments,' ' Mount Sinai,' 'The Israelites and the parting of the Red Sea,' The destruction of Herods army,' 'Moses and the Israelites at the promised land'. Other paintings are from the 'New Testament', include, 'The Crucifixion of Christ', 'The sermon on the mount', 'The raising of Lazarus', 'The feeding of the five thousand,' etc. The style and colour of these large beautiful works are some of Theo's finest creations.

Over the years, he was generous in giving paintings to close family and friends, and saying to the public and art collectors, quote: "My paintings are a record of the cherished memories and experiences of my life as an artist. My paintings and family are the important parts of my life and time as an artist on this wonderful and beautiful planet." unquote
Due to his very poor health following three heart attacks and a worsening heart condition in his later retirement years, Theo. ceased painting for quite a long period of time before starting to paint again in his 70's on a very much reduced scale with his Bible Story series. Now, already retired from painting for many years, he would only paint an occasional picture for a friend or family member who requested a special work. With Theo's reluctance and even refusal to sell his paintings, his works are relatively scarce. All his paintings are signed, inscribed, and bear the important provenance 'Atelier' stamp of the artist.
Public and private collections:  Fine examples of the artists works are in American and European public and private collections.

Index of famous International Artists. (For images of paintings, enter artists name into Google, Search, and click Images.)

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alvar aalto, ivor abrahams, vito acconci, norman ackroyd, ansel adams, will alsop, craigie aitchison, diana armfield, tadao ando, magdalena abakanowicz, louise abbema, josef albers, pierre alechinsky, anton antonov, karel appel, alexander archipenko, arman, frank auerbach, milton avery, gillian ayres, francis bacon, enrico baj, basil beattie, miquel barcelo, george baselitz, david bates, jean michel basquiat, william baziotes, romare bearden, max beckmann, john bellany, alexander benois, adrian berg, robert bevan, albert bierstadt, elizabeth blackadder, peter blake, david bomberg, sergei bongart, fernando botero, eugene boudin, william bowyer, helen bradley, constantin brancusi, john bratby, stuart brisley, edward burra, georges braque, francis cadell, alexander calder, harry callahan, michael cardew, anthony caro, carlo carra, john carter, mary cassatt, heinrich campendonk, hugh casson, cesar, paul cezanne, helen chadwick, lynn chadwick, john chamberlain, marc chagall, william merritt chase, eduardo chillida, ann christopher, winston churchill, christo, lovis corinth, geoffrey clarke, edmund cross, giorgio de chirico, john craxton, jean cooke, robert cottingham, daïa, salvador dali, edgar degas, stuart davis, richard deacon, willem de kooning, sonia delaunay, paul delvaux, andre derain, richard diebenkorn, otto dix, kees van dongen, elissa dorfman, ken draper, jean dubuffet, marcel duchamp, raoul dufy, marlene dumas, bernard dunstan, joan eardley, tracey emin, jacob epstein, richard estes, philip evergood, anthony eyton, max ernst, stephen farthing, jean fautrier, nicolai ivanovich fechin, mary fedden, lyonel feininger, john duncan fergusson, paul fischer, eric fischl, barry flanagan, stanhope forbes, leonard foujita, sam francis, helen frankenthaler, donald hamilton fraser, lucianfreud, elizabeth frink, terry frost, naum gabo, paul gauguin, alberto giacometti, albert gleizes, vincent van gogh, leon golub, arshile gorky, antony gormley, juan gris, andy goldschmidt, andy goldsworthy, frederick gore, adolph gottlieb, duncan grant, anthony green, george grosz, philip guston, constantin guys, nigel hall, hans hartung, erich heckel, gunther von hagens, barbara hepworth, auguste herbin, patrick heron, damien hirst, david hockney, howard hodgkin, hans hofmann, winslow homer, ken howard, peter howson, john hoyland, george leslie hunter, paul huxley, robert indiana, albert irvin, flavia irwin, arata isozaki, bill jacklin, alexej jawlensky, augustus john, jasper johns, gregory johnston, edward burne - jones, johan barthold jongkind, asger jorn, wassily kandinsky, anish kapoor, mane-katz, ellsworth kelly, michael kidner, anselm kiefer, phillip king, martin kippenberger, ernst l. kirchner, moise kisling, r. b. kitaj, paul klee, ives klein, franz kline, gustave klimt, bryan kneale, laura knight, oskar kokoschka, kathe kollwitz, leon kossoff, alfred kubin, frantisek kupka, yasuo kuniyoshi, walt kuhn, rené-jules lalique, wilfredo lam, henry lamb, andre lanskoy, peter lanyon, mikhail larionov, carl larsson, henri fantin - latour, henri laurens, marie laurencin, john lavery, jacob lawrence, sonia lawson, bernard leach, henri lebasque, albert lebourg, le corbusier, roy lichtenstein, max liebermann, fernand leger, georges lemmen, ben levene, jack levine, sol lewitt, andre lhote, daniel libeskind, richard long, laurence. s. lowry, bruno liljefors, august macke, william mactaggart, rene magritte, aristide maillol, john maine, kasimir malevich, edouard manet, robert mangold, robert mapplethorpe, franz marc, marino marini, john marin, reginald marsh, andre masson, david mach, albert marquet, georges mathieu, henri matisse, ian mckeever, jean metzinger, joel meyerowitz, john minton, michelangelo, lisa mllroy, joan miro, dhruva mistry, joan mitchell, amedeo modigliani, claude monet, piet mondrian, henry moore, henri moret, malcolm morley, berthe morisot, adolphe monticelli, robert motherwell, alphonse mucha, otto mueller, vera mukhina, alfred munnings, edvard munch, gabriele munter, elizabeth murray, paul nash, bruce nauman, ernst neizvestny, louise nevelson, ben nicholson, winifred nicholson, david nash, isamu noguchi, kenneth noland, emil nolde, humphrey ocean, roderick o'conor, frank o'gehry, georgia o'keefe, victor pasmore, jules pascin, max pechstein, Ieoh ming pei, samuel john peploe, francis picabia, pablo picasso, john piper, camille pissarro, lucien pissarro, serge poliakoff, jackson pollock, eliot porter, edward henry pothash, maurice prendergast, barbara rae, fiona rae, arnulf rainer, robert rauschenberg, man ray, rembrandt van rijn, odilon redon, pierre augus renoir, gerhard richter, jean pierre riopelle, larry rivers, diego rivera, norman rockwell, auguste rodin, christian rohlfs, james rosenquist, theodore roszak, leonard rosoman, mark rothko, georges rouault, reuven rubin, edward ruscha, george segal, john singer sargent, gino severini, egon schiele, helene schjerfbeck, oskar schlemmer, kurt schwitters, william scott, georges seurat, henri le sidener, paul signac, alfred sisley, matthew smith, pierre soulages, chaim soutine, stanley spencer, nicolas de stael, theophile alexandre steinlen, irma stern, graham sutherland, philip sutton, rufino tamayo, antoni tapies, david tindle, mark tobey, theo tobiasse, jan toorop, cy twombly, henri de toulouse lautrec, j.m.w.turner, maurice utrillo, susan valadon, adolphe valette, louis valtat, victor vasarely, oleg vassiliev, keith vaughan, leonardo da vinci, edouard vuillard, maurice vlaminck, peter voulkos, alfred wallis, andy warhol, max weber, tom wesselmann, anthony whishaw, rachel whiteread, james abbott mcneill whistler, martin wong, paul wunderlich, jack butler yeats, jiro yoshihara, theodore zimmerman, ossip zadkine, anders zorn, william zorach.

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