Selected Work
Early Work
Discovered by preeminent American Regionalist John Steuart Curry, Czebotar made a name initially for work that reflected the hearth and home imagery appreciated in a country ravished by The Great Depression. His earliest work includes midwestern scenes as well as landscapes from his hobo travels west.
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Braiding Helen's Hair
Oil on board
40” x 30”
Estate stamped
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Angel Over Calvary Hill San Francisco
12” x 18”
Signed, dated 1939
Part of a Walker Gallery show
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Distant-Train
Oil on board
18” x 24”
Estate stamped
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Main Street In The Midwest
Watercolor and pencil on paper
11.75” x 17.5”
Signed
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Red Rooftops And The Sea
Watercolor and pencil on paper
14” x 21.25”
Signed, dated 1939
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Topanga Canyon
Watercolor and pencil on paper
14” x 20”
Signed, dated 1939
New York, New Ideas
After years on the road traveling at will, the constant pulse and energy of Manhattan both attracted and repulsed. While urban landscapes were translated with a gentle hand, the people of the great city were offered up with the unabashed directness they seemed to demand.
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Empire State Building
Watercolor and conte on paper
18” x 11.5”
Signed, dated 1937
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Judgement Day
Oil on board
18” x 24”
Estate stamped
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Over The El Station
Watercolor, conte and pencil on paper
12” x 18”
Signed, dated 1937
Titled on verso
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Rehersal
Oil on board
18” x 24”
Estate stamped
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The Junior League Girls
Watercolor and pencil on paper
16” x 13.75”
Signed, dated 1941
Titled upper left
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Winter Central Park
Watercolor and pencil on paper
18” x 24”
Estate stamped
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Danger Sky
Oil on board
23.5” x 17.5”
Titled on verso
Estate stamped
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The Chaperone
18” x 24”
Oil on board
Signed, dated 1941
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Speech
18” x 24”
Oil and graphite on board
Signed, dated 1941
Hudson Valley Landscapes
After leaving the city for the Hudson Valley, Czebotar was enamored of its vivid colors, its undulating landscapes and of man’s place within nature’s embrace:
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Els And Kittens
Oil on canvas
36” x 26”
Estate stamped
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Summer Garden
Pastel on paper
23” x 29”
Estate stamped
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The Calm Before The Storm
Oil on canvas
18” x 24”
Estate stamped
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Storm Clouds
Oil on canvas
30” x 40”
Estate stamped
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Waiting Spring
30” x 40”
Pastel on cardboard
Signed, dated 1940
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Early Morning Moon
30” x 40”
Pastel on cardboard
Signed, dated 1945
Mid-Century Desert Landscapes
In search of the aboriginal, Czebotar provided a vivid interpretation of the American southwest that offered more than the wholly predictable.
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Immovable
Crayon resist and pencil on paper
22.5” x 28.5”
Signed, dated 1955
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The Argument
Oil on canvas
30” x 40”
Estate stamped
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Waiting The Rain
Oil on canvas
16” x 24”
Estate stamped
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100 Years Alone
Oil on canvas
30” x 40”
Estate stamped
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Arizona Canyon
Pencil, crayon and ink on paper
23” x 29”
Estate stamped
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Red Cliffs with Cattle
18 1/2” x 23 1/2”
Watercolor, graphite and crayon resist on paper
Signed, dated 1947
The Olympic Peninsula
After decades of total immersion in the art of making art, Czebotar pushes himself toward abstraction without ever losing his strong respect for nature’s ability to tell her own story, her own way. Alternately sobering, teasing or quietly introspective, the Olympic Peninsula work is Czebotar’s strongest statement of his personal quest for primordial revelation.
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Final Rest
Oil on canvas
30” x 40”
Estate stamped
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Reclining Nude
Oil on canvas
30” x 40”
Estate stamped
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The Long Wait
Oil on canvas
26” x 34”
Estate stamped
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The Sentries
Gouache on paper
22” x 28.5”
Signed
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The Thought Of Morning
Oil on canvas
30” x 47”
Estate stamped
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The Truce
Oil on canvas
30” x 40”
Estate stamped
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The Judgement
Oil on canvas
30” x 40”
Estate stamped
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Fallen Stump
Oil on Canvas
18” x 23.75”
Estate stamped
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Embrace of Love
Oil on canvas
30” x 40”
Estate stamped
