Auction Ends: Apr 30, 2012 08:00 PM EDT

CHILDREN IN ART

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PASSING PARADE BY LUCELLE RAAD

Item Number: 851

Estimated Value: 400 USD
Opening Bid: 50 USD

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"Passing Parade" by Lucelle Raad

Limited Edition Lithograph signed and numbered by the artist.
Size: 10" x 20"
Status: Unframed

Supplied with Certificate of Authenticity.

About the Artist

Born and educated in England, Lucelle Raad moved to South Africa then to South Carolina. She focuses and captures the emotional and innocent grace of children and in the celebration of life. Pensive moments, secrets shared, a helping hand and simple play are the elements of life she chooses to portray. For over 20 years, she had produced more than 100 limited edition prints. When asked why she painted children, she replies. "I find unending satisfaction in combining my artistic interest in the figure with my emotional interest in children. There is more expression in an offhand gesture by a small child, than in all the posturing of our adult world."

Her work has characteristics of early impressionism with ecidence of traditionalism creating a contemporary feel. She has been called an "intimist" because her subjects draw you into an intimate relationship with their activities and emotions. You can't help but see and feel the character within the child.

"Raad's work is realistic but she abandons the classical traditions of symmetry to capture individual movement. Spontaneous elements, eclectic groupings and asymmetric patterns create the captures moment yet the scene appears to still be unfolding." That is due to her use of a high key palette that is bright and active. As you watch a scene, colors appear to be shifting. Concentration is places on bodies, movement and action rather than minute detail.

She has won prizes throughout the United Stated for her work and her paintings and prints are highly popular onboard cruise lines and in galleries throughout the world.

Item Special Note

Children in Art

Our "Children in Art" selection includes works from artists such as Pino, Lucelle Raad, Barbara Wood, Sidonie Caron, William Nelson, Gandolfi, Henri Matisse, Henry Richardson, James Verdugo, Jean Bertrand, Jean Geoffroy, John Longendorfer, Joseph Dawley, Lee Dubin, Leonardo DaVinci, Lindsay Dawson, Littorio Del Signore, Lucelle Raad, Mary Cassatt, Michael Rosenvain, Philip Guston, Phillipe Noyer, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Rita Asfour, Ron T Cobre, Roy Fairchild, Royo, Shari Erickson, Shlomo Alter, Traudi Flaxman, Vladamir Voldekov and William Bouguereau.

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