Abel George WARSHAWSKY
1883–1962, USA

Abel George Warshawsky biography:

Warshawsky was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania and was raised in Cleveland. He studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art under Frederick Carl Gottwald and later studied at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design in New York. His prestigious list of teachers there included Mowbray, Loeb and Homer. He was accompanied by his brother, Alexander Warshawsky (1887-1945) whose painting style was said to be so similar to the eye of the Parisians, that Alexander began to sign his paintings "Xander Warshawsky". Abel Warshawsky spent around thirty years painting in France, arriving in 1909. He developed his own version of French impressionism, and produced portraits of keenly observed realism. These were evocative of the sitter's inner personality as well as the factual representation of the features. He was accompanied by his brother, Alexander Warshawsky (1887-1945) whose painting style was said to be so similar to the eye of the Parisians, that Alexander began to sign his paintings "Xander Warshawsky". In France he was influenced by the work of Frieseke, Renoir, Ritman. His work centered on glittering Parisian life and on portraiture. He came into contact with many expatriates and important painters as Ritman, Bohm and Frieseke, as well as more modernist artists Marin, Pascin and Signac. He also painted extensively in the countryside near Giverny at Vernon, and in Spain on the island of Mallorca. He returned to the United States during WWII and settled in Monterey, adding depth of inspiration to his later years.

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