|
Welcome to the website of Artist Brian Shapiro, who has created over 4000 artworks over fifty years of continuous art production. This website shows a small sampling of original works. All paintings are oil on canvas unless noted.
Please visit the galleries listed below and don't forget to contact us ( click here ) to receive updates on upcoming auctions, sales and news, or to Inquire about original paintings or drawings. Prices available upon request. A "SOLD" work may be a starting point for your commission. If you have a special affinity for an image already sold, another version can be created for you. Featured Paintings
|
|
|
About the Artist
Brian Shapiro was born in 1942 in Rochester, New York. He began formal art training at age eight at the Rochester Memorial Art Gallery. In 1960 he won the citywide art scholarship to the Rochester Institute of Technology where he received an A.A.S. degree. In 1962 he was awarded a scholarship to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where in 1964 he graduated with honors, earning a B.F.A. in sculpture, followed by a M.F.A. in painting in 1967.
Shapiro taught for several years before moving to rural Wisconsin where he painted landscapes and farm life as well as designing and building four homes.
In 1980 Shapiro moved to Hollywood, where he created over 200 paintings depicting movie making which were shown by the Smithsonian Institution, in museums across the United States, and by the U.S. State Department in Europe. He was the first person to have a one-person show of paintings at the Motion Picture Academy. In Santa Barbara, California and Rochester, New York, he was commissioned by over 200 businesses to create "at work" drawings and paintings. In 1993 he began a series of paintings focusing on Israel (which he exhibited through the Israeli Consulate) and on the American Jewish Renaissance and continues to work on many of the "galleries".
The autobiography " Search for Expression, The Life and Art of Brian Shapiro" can be purchased by clicking here www.lulu.com/shop/brian-shapiro/search-for-expression-the-life-and-art-of-brian-shapiro/paperback/product-5413750.html?page=1&pageSize=4
CLick here to view Brian's Resume
Shapiro taught for several years before moving to rural Wisconsin where he painted landscapes and farm life as well as designing and building four homes.
In 1980 Shapiro moved to Hollywood, where he created over 200 paintings depicting movie making which were shown by the Smithsonian Institution, in museums across the United States, and by the U.S. State Department in Europe. He was the first person to have a one-person show of paintings at the Motion Picture Academy. In Santa Barbara, California and Rochester, New York, he was commissioned by over 200 businesses to create "at work" drawings and paintings. In 1993 he began a series of paintings focusing on Israel (which he exhibited through the Israeli Consulate) and on the American Jewish Renaissance and continues to work on many of the "galleries".
The autobiography " Search for Expression, The Life and Art of Brian Shapiro" can be purchased by clicking here www.lulu.com/shop/brian-shapiro/search-for-expression-the-life-and-art-of-brian-shapiro/paperback/product-5413750.html?page=1&pageSize=4
CLick here to view Brian's Resume
Notes : Featured Paintings
"Girl Blessing the Torah" Shown at the Dr. Bernard Heller Museum, New York until June 30, 2020. Also to be used as cover art for "Jewish Identity in American Art", Syracuse University Press, 2020
"Shtetl" Brian's painting depicts a community of Jewish people forced to flee their homes, led by an old bearded man carrying a Torah to a new life illuminated with the light before them and fire behind. In the Israel Gallery.
Two excellent reviews of Brian's Midrash paintings by artist and writer Richard McBee can be seen by clicking here and here
"Shtetl" Brian's painting depicts a community of Jewish people forced to flee their homes, led by an old bearded man carrying a Torah to a new life illuminated with the light before them and fire behind. In the Israel Gallery.
Two excellent reviews of Brian's Midrash paintings by artist and writer Richard McBee can be seen by clicking here and here
Galleries
Cape Cod paintings
|
Hudson River Valley Paintings
|
Cityscape & Landscape Galleries
|
Hollywood
|
Jewish Life and Culture
Galleries
|
At Work
|
Family Gallery
|
Portraits
|
Drawings
|
Miscellaneous
|
Please contact us by using our e-mail address or phone number below.
We'd love to hear from you.
Brian Shapiro
Phone: 845-524-4706
E-Mail: [email protected]
We'd love to hear from you.
Brian Shapiro
Phone: 845-524-4706
E-Mail: [email protected]