JAVS Fall 2003

THE SIGHT OF MUSIC™ PAINTINGS BY RENOWNED VIOLA VIRTUOSO AND INTERNATIONAL AWARD WINNING ARTIST EMANUEL VARDI

Solo Sonata Pen and ink 2002

Duo Concertante Pen and ink 2000

• Vardi has focused in his recent work of varied media on a post cubist manner that employs Line almost to the point of music...One cannot view these works without hearing the Cantabi/.4 AmPrPSP. Art Speak Magazine 1993 Emanuel Vardi's art career developed parallel to his career as a world renowned concert violist and recording artist, when he began lessons in art while simultaneously studying the violin and piano as a seven year old in New York City. From 1950-1952 he studied at the Academia de Belle Arte in Florence, Italy, where he was awarded the prestigious first prize at the Rappalo International Art Competition on his abstract of a violin which now hangs at the Bordeghera Museum of Art. Subsequently, he attended the Art Students League in New York City, where he studied life drawing with Morris Kantor. In 1956 his painting White on White, Composition No. 3 was shown in a group show in New York's City Center and was picked by the New York Times as best in show. He has had many New York shows since that time, and has sold well over 300 works during his career. Since the early 1970's, Emanuel Vardi has concentrated on painting abstract figurative musicians, beginning with a flute player that was commissioned by a famous jazz musician. These paintings soon became very popular amongst musicians, music lovers, and private collectors around the world. Because of his parallel involvement in music and art, he brings a unique style and perspective to his musical subjects; that of a musician, intimate colleague and painter. Mr. Vardi now resides in Dallas, TX. PAINTINGS IN ALL MEDIUMS BY COMMISSION (214) 485-3454 armus@advantexmail.net www.vardiart.net design by Lenore Vardi

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