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www.tobeycmossgallery.com
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DAVID P. LEVINE
1910 - 2005
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David Levine attended the
University of Southern
California and then Art Center School of Design graduating
in1936.
His paintings were exhibited, bringing awards. A brief stay
in New York proved inspirational for him. He absorbed the art
scene,
the industrial and the cosmopolitan atmospheres before his return to
Los
Angeles in 1937. Levine witnessed the social unrest and
depression
of the thirties and his early work mirrored the conditions in New York,
Los Angeles and Mexico. In 1940-1941 Levine lived and worked in
Mexico
City and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, refining his technique,
exploring
other media and talking ‘art' with colleagues. He painted the
working
class locals, documenting the reality of their day-to-day.
Somber,
yet hopeful, his narrative is sensitive and compassionate. Upon
his
return to Los Angeles in 1941, the ‘war effort' employed him in
the
aircraft industry as a technical artist. Post war realities
dictated
a business career with art as an afterhours pleasure.
Today,
during his retirement years, his dynamic creativity extends to
watercolors,
drawings, intaglios as well as painting and assemblage.
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more information
David P.
Levine Chronology
Exhibitions at Tobey C. Moss
Gallery:
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