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Michael Cheval

Michael Cheval is the world's leading contemporary artist, specializing in Absurdist paintings, drawings and portraits. In his definition, "absurdity" is an inverted side or reality, a reverse side of logic. It does not emerge from the dreams of surrealists, or the work of subconsciousness. It is a game of imagination, where all ties are carefully chosen to construct a literary plot. Any one of Cheval's paintings is a map of his journey into illusion. His work is often metaphorical and requires a sharp eye to decipher the often hidden allusions. ....

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Michael Cheval is the world's leading contemporary artist, specializing in Absurdist paintings, drawings and portraits. In his definition, "absurdity" is an inverted side or reality, a reverse side of logic. It does not emerge from the dreams of surrealists, or the work of subconsciousness. It is a game of imagination, where all ties are carefully chosen to construct a literary plot. Any one of Cheval's paintings is a map of his journey into illusion. His work is often metaphorical and requires a sharp eye to decipher the often hidden allusions.

Born in 1966 in Kotelnikovo, a small town of southern Russia, Cheval developed passion for art in his early childhood. When his family moved to Germany in 1980, the West European culture made a great impression on the young artist. In 1986, he moved to Turkmenistan and graduated from Ashgabad school of Fine Art. Absorbing Eastern philosophy and the character of Central Asia, he began working as an independent professional artist, shaping his style and surrealistic direction. His decision to immigrate in 1997 to USA began a new epoch for the artist. He returned to the Western culture that greatly inspired him in his German youth, but now he brought his own experience, his philosophy, and vision.

In 1998, Cheval became a member of the prestigious New York's National Arts Club where he was distinguished with the Exhibition Committee Award in 2000. He is also a member of the Society for Art of Imagination since 2002. Cheval published two full-colored art albums—Lullabies in 2004 and Nature of Absurdity in 2007. His work is internationally acclaimed and can often be seen in USA galleries and abroad.

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Artwork Collections

Illustiration Art Collection

Like Norman Rockwell, Seuss personally created every rough sketch, preliminary drawing, final line drawing and finished work for each page of every project he illustrated. Despite the technical and budgetary limitations of color printing during the early and mid-twentieth century, Dr. Seuss the artist was meticulous about color selection. He created specially numbered color charts and elaborate color call-outs to precisely accomplish his vision for each book. Saturated reds and blues, for example, were carefully chosen for The Cat in the Hat to attract and maintain the visual attention of a six-year-old audience. By the time Seuss’s book career took off, sharp draftsman skills were evident in drawings. His ability to move a storyline ahead via illustrations filled with tension, movement and color became a hallmark component of his work, and the surreal images that unfolded over six decades became the catalyst for a humorous and inspired learning experience.

Bronze Collection

Artist Leo Rijn, the inaugural sculptor for the Dr. Seuss Tribute Collection I, was selected to launch this project due to his prized work with some of today’s top talent in the world of film, entertainment and the visual arts (including Tim Burton, Ang Lee and Steven Spielberg). Rijn has been identified as one of today’s brightest sculpting talents because of his ability to breathe life into the written word and successfully transform two-dimensional ideas into three-dimensional works of art. Universal Studios commissioned Leo to develop and oversee the creation of numerous maquette scale models for the Monumental Dr. Seuss Sculptures at Seuss Landing in Orlando, Florida. Leo was instrumental in the art direction for many of the sculpted characters and buildings now on display at this permanent Seuss attraction. His strikingly accurate Seuss works embody a masterful and intuitive Seussian sensibility, establishing him as a leading talent in interpretive sculpting.

Taxidermy Colletion

Seuss embarked on an ingenious project in the early 1930s as he evolved from two-dimensional artworks to three-dimensional sculptures. What was most unusual for these mixed-media sculptures was the use of real animal parts including beaks, antlers and horns from deceased Forest Park Zoo animals where Seuss’s father was superintendent. Unorthodox Collection of Taxidermy was born in a cramped New York apartment and included a menagerie of inventive creatures with names like the “Two Horned Drouberhannis,” “Andulovian Grackler,” and “Semi-Normal Green-Lidded Fawn.” Shortly after Seuss created this unique collection of artworks, Look Magazine dubbed Seuss “The World’s Most Eminent Authority on Unheard-Of Animals.” To this day, Seuss’s Unorthodox Collection of Taxidermy remains as some of the finest examples of his inventive and multi-dimensional creativity.

 

Secret Art & Archives

Illustrator by day, surrealist by night, Seuss created a body of irrepressible work that redefines this American icon as an iconographic American artist. Yet, the Secret Art often shows a side of the artist that most readers, familiar with him through his classic children’s books, have never seen. This collection, created over a period of more than 60 years, encompasses the entirety of Seuss’s multi-dimensional talent. The artistic golden thread highlighted throughout this collection is apparent in each wildly imaginative and surreal Secret Art image. The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss is an inimitable collection of artworks created at night for his own personal enjoyment. These works were rarely, if ever, exhibited during his lifetime and provide a deeper glimpse into the art and life of this celebrated American Icon.

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Luchaes
Lucites
Disney
Star Wars
Lorenzo Ghiglieri
Laran Ghiglieri
Print on wood
Wall Art
Sculpture
Mixed Media
Metal
Table
Giclee
Bronze Sculpture
Originals
Accrescendo
Affection
Air of Attraction
Alter Ego Convention
Angel of Florence
Angel of Hawaii
Angel of Key West
Angel of New York
Angel of Santa Fe
Anna II
April
Art of Diplomacy
Art of Diplomacy II
Art of Diplomacy IV
Art of Diplomacy V
Aurora
Awakening
Balance of Disparities
Basket of love
Blue Note
Breakfast with Humpty Dumpty
Bunfight Confidential
Call The Doctor
Casanova locus
Charmer of the Attraction
Circle of Time
Come get it II
Comparative Analogy
Dance of Little Swans
Declaration of Love
Definitive Letter
Delighted by Light
Delighted by the Light II
Devotion of Penelope
Discord of Analogy
Distilled blues
Down To Earth
Dream Catcher
Echo of Golden Age
Enigma
Enigma of Generations
Europa
Everlasting Souls of Love
Evolution
Extravagancy of Time
Felicity of Delusion
Fever
Flamenco Flame
Flight of unconceivable consoncances
Flying Dutchman
Follow the rabbit
Fool on the Hill III
Gallantry Convention
Game Changer
Gentle Fury
Gentle fury II
Glamorous History of War
Gone to the Dogs
Good Morning Dr. Freud
Great Matchmaker
Guardian Angel
Harbor of Hope
Hesitation
Highway Star
Honesty
Hush
Hypnos
Imagine
Imagine 3
Immersion
Lady Blues 2
Land of the Free
Leda Victoria
Levity of Time
Lingering Echo of the Golden Age
Lingering Eco of Golden Age
Love Hunter
Love Hunter II
Love Is Blind II
Love is Blind
Lullaby For Butterfly King II
Lullaby for Butterly King
Lullaby for Sleepless
Lullaby for a Stranger
Lullaby of Uncle Magritte
Magic Flute II
Magic of Trivial Illusions
Magica Lesson
Magician's Birthday
Melody of Rain
Midsummer Chirr
Mirror od Reminiscence
Misgiven Thoughts
Morphology of Soulmate
Music of the Night
New Rules of the Old Game
Nocturne of Delicate Scents
Nostalgia
Old Man and the Sea
On the Wings of Fall
Pearl harmony
Perfect Stranger
Pledge of Coexistence
Porcelain Waltz
Primavera
Profundity Keeper
Promises of a Parting Summer
Proposal
Proposal II
Queen of Clubs
Queen of Diamonds
Queen of Hearts
Queen of Spades
Roll Over Beethoven
Secrets of Mastery
Sense Of Adolescence
Sense of the Night II
Sensual Journey
Ship of Fools
Showtime
Snow White's defense
Solar Eclipse
Songs of the Island Sirens I
Songs of the Island Sirens III
Souls of Love
Souls of Love
Sound Money
Sounding Silence
Spanish Archer Blues
Sphinx
Stairway to Heaven
Stormy Monday
Strawberry Field
Sunset Lullaby
Sunset Tango
Sunset Tango
Sunset Tango
Sunset Tango
Sunset Tango II
Swansophone
Swansophone Elegy
Swing of Love
Taming of the Shrew
Tea for One
Terra Incognita
The Essence of a Dream
The Tempest
The Winner Takes It All
Train of Thought
Trojan Defense
Twelfth Caprice of Casanova
Twist of Hitorical Parallel
Uncombed Thoughts
Unfulfilled Prophecies
Vessel of Utter Bliss II
Vigilance
Welcome Home
Wind of Change
Wings of Utter Bliss
Zenith of Time