MATSOUKIS BALZAC OPERA ORIGINAL - VENICE BIENNALE Start Price USD 375.00 Current Price USD 375.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Saturday, July 19, 2008 End Time Saturday, July 26, 2008 Location California See more about ' MATSOUKIS BALZAC OPERA ORIGINAL - VENICE BIENNALE' Description MATSOUKIS BALZAC OPERA ORIGINAL - VENICE BIENNALE Theophane Matsoukis.  " Study for Balzac Opera ". Venice Biennale 1953.   Original ink with fine quill pen on heavy French rag paper: sheet/image size: 11 3/4 by 16 1/2 inches ( 30 by 42cm ): signed in the image with the monogram, lower right: annotated in pencil verso - Rue de Arras ( Paris studio ): new archival mount/hinges: new archival mat backing: framed under plexiglas in a new gold and silver toned modular frame: frame size is 18 by 21 3/4 inches: ( artwork & frame are in mint condition ).   NOTE: This work comes with a fascinating 25 page biographical package on the artist including set photos and many newspaper rave reviews of his artwork. Affixed to the back of the frame is a 1949 Paris photograph of Matsoukis.   Theophane Matsoukis was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1916. His family originally came from the Greek Ionian island of Kefalonia. In 1933 he established his studio in Paris ( first at the Rue Joseph Bara and later at the Rue de Arras and the Rue du Repos ) . In the 1940s he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts du Louvre , the Sorbonne, and the Ecole Speciale de Architecture in Paris.   Active in Paris during the golden years of the Paris opera, ballet & theatre, Matsoukis emersed himself in the set and costume designs of his contemporaries, Benois, Bakst, Gontcharova, Picasso, his friend, the artist, Rouben Ter-Arutunian ( associated with Balanchine and the Ballet Imperial ), and the work of Diagalev and the Ballet Russe.   By the late 1940s, Matsoukas had attained national recognition in France for his bold Modernist set designs and imaginative costumes. His gouache set design paintings and his incredibly detailed swirling linear black pen & ink set sketches are artistic monuments unto themselves. Matsoukis was honored with commissions to create design sets and costumes for opera, theatre and ballet presentations throughout Europe -   Milan 1950 - Stravinsky Opera/Histoire du Soldat/sets & costumes Venice 1953 - Venice Biennale/Balzac Opera/theatre design /costumes Cannes 1954 - 3 Operas/Palais des Festivals/sets & costumes Rome 1956 - Teatro Eliseo ( worked with Stravinsky )Histoire Du Soldat/sets & costumes Cannes 1956 - Theatro du Casino/Les bavards/Offenbach/Cervantes Opera/isabelle et Pantaloh/Opera Strasbourg - 1956 - Opera he cube/ Euripide Strasbourg - 1957 - Opera - La Dame de Pique/Tchaikowsky/Pouchkine Strasbourg - 1958 - International Festival/ Opera/L'heure Espagnole, Ravel Ballet Bacchus et Ariane:also presented at the Monte Carlo Opera & Vichy theatre ) Spoleto - 1961 - Palazzo Collicola/City of Spoleto 10 years of the Theatre/sets Lausanne - 1963 - Motzart Opera “Cosi Fan Tutti/International festival Frankfort 1964 - studies in German Theatre Design Barcelona - 1964 - Concorse International de l'Opera Exhibition/prix Strasbourg - 1965 - Opera/Creation of France/Opera de Milhaud Strasbourg - 1967 - International Festival/Opera and Ballet: Padmavati: by Roussel Bruxelles -1967 - Opera National- Theatre Royal La Dame de Pique, Tchaikowsky/Pouchkine Paris - 1970 - Continued his graduate studies at the Sorbonne ( urban design & theatre ) ( Matsoukis later immigrated to the United States : Retired, he continued to paint and draw for this own pleasure until his death in Berkeley, California in 1989 ).   This work is fully guaranteed. professional art packing andale andalesell Payment Options:   Credit Cards , Money Order/Cashiers Checks ,PayPal ,Personal Check Shipping Options:   Fixed Shipping Charges. Shipping & Handling Rate:   $25.00 (Domestic) I will ship to:   USA and following regions : Canada, Europe, Australia, Asia, Americas, Mexico, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom [Sales Tax]:   7.75% for in-state buyers     More than just a pretty picture. Try Vendio Image Hosting. FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager. FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager.   Over 100,000,000 served. Get FREE counters from Vendio today!   Click Here. Double your traffic. Try Vendio Gallery Risk FREE! Place a Bid!