Bidspirit auction | Samuel Reindorf: Sketches of Musicians

Samuel Reindorf: Sketches of Musicians - Samuel Reindorf (Polish American, 1914-1988): Sketches of Musicians, 1959. Five ink sketches with notes on paper in a custom mat and frame. Samuel Reindorf was born in Warsaw Poland in 1914 and emigrated to Toronto in the 1930's. He ran an art advertising agency in New York for twenty five years while continuing to paint and raising five children. During the summer he spent several months painting on Monhegan Island in Maine with other artists. When he was in his forties he gave up the agency and went to Mexico to live and paint with his wife and three of the youngest of his children, settling in the colonial town of San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato. There he designed and constructed a large house where he painted and welcomed many guests, from bullfighters and motorcycle gang members to opera singers. He spent the last thirty years of his life in Mexico, entranced by the colors of the country. He was able to blend several influences into his work, most notably Cezanne and Van Gogh. He experimented with many different media and styles in his work. Initially he was influence by the Impressionists but developed his own bold and colorful style that captured the characteristic color of Mexico. He invented a technique of painting oil mixed with sand that gave his paintings a density of texture. His work is owned by many renowned collectors and museums. An extensive book on his art is written by Alfonso de Neuvillate and published by Alpine Fine Arts Collection. His biographer described him as an larger than life person, with his life of tragedies and blessing etched into face, with a laugh that would make windows vibrate and perhaps scare away birds. 28 x 24 inches framed; Each drawing is about 6 x6 inches. Private collection Rhode Island.