The Dead Artists Gallery Presents “La Rondine / La Portata”

On the left..”La Rondine”(The Swallow) and on the right, “La Portata”(The Reach). The first, pen and ink on heavy manila cardboard, and the second, pencil on same; both protected by Archival UV film. Signed lower- right by the well recognized California/ New York artist Dane Chanase, they come from a recently purchased portfolio of his work done in and about the San Tropez area between 1928 and 1930. Ricardo Dane Chanase (1894-1975) was an Italian-American muralist registered with the WPA NYC Art War Service who studied with George Bridgeman, Paul Baudoin and Maurice Denis.His first solo exhibition was in Paris, 1931, where he received a metal from the French government. Member of the National Society of Mural Painters, the Brooklyn Society of Painters, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Society of Independent Artists. Although much of an individualist as an artist, Chanase certainly shows the influence of his contemporary Diego Rivera (1886-1957). One 14 x 12; the other 17 x 11. Presented in contemporary Italian silver frames and $395 each.