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Abel George Warshawsky Self Portrait
Self Portrait

Abel George Warshawsky 1883 - 1962

Abel George Warshawsky was a successful American impressionist painter in Paris before World War II. A large and robust man and an able boxer, the amiable Warshawsky arrived in Paris in 1908, commencing an active thirty year career in the Paris art world. From Paris, he made painting excursions throughout France and Italy, and returned to the United States from time to time to sell his works. In Paris, his friends and acquaintances included Amedeo Modigliani, Paul Signac and Auguste Renoir, as well as American artists Winslow Homer, Leon Kroll, Hugo Robus and William Zorach. Read More

George Able Warshawsky Brittany Seacoast 1920's

George Able Warshawsky Brittany Seacoast 1920's Signature Brittany Coast of France
circa 1920 - 1930
Oil on board, 24 x 30
$9,500

George Abel Warshawsky Seascape with Frame

George Able Warshawsky Brittany Seacoast 1920's Closeup

In the late 1930's though, with the death of his first wife and the coming of the war, he left France and established a studio in Monterey, California. There he painted portraits, taught classes, and became well known for his paintings of the Northern California coast, and is known to have friendships and associations with many in the Montery / Carmel community, including author John Steinbeck.

Warshawky has paintings in the collections of the Luxembourg Museum in Paris, the Chicago Art Institute, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Minneapolis Art Institute. Back to top

Source: AskArt