Artist: Sid Maurer
Title: Jackie Chan I (from the Paintings of Luminaries Collection)
Year created: c. 2011
Medium: Original Mixed Media Artwork on Wood Board
Edition: Original Unique Artwork, Hand-Signed by the Artist
Height (inches): 23-3/4
Width (inches): 18
Signed twice by the artist
Signed Area: front & back
Also Titled on back
This piece is unframed.
Description of piece:
Sid Maurer’s mastery as a fine artist is evident in his strikingly accurate, personal and intuitive portraits of luminaries.
Imbued with warmth and vibrancy, Maurer’s portraits capture the essence of his subjects, and synthesize Maurer’s artistic vision with his technical and compositional roots in graphic design. Bold, visible paint texturing and layering bring added light, depth and dimensionality to the artwork.
An original mixed media painting on wood board, Maurer’s self-titled Jackie Chan utilizes broad brush strokes and textured application of paint to create a dramatic background for Chan’s portrait, from which Jackie Chan appears to almost break through into the foreground. Maurer captures both the meditative presence and focus, and physical mastery and power, of the legendary martial artist. This visually bold and compositionally balanced work measures 23-3/4” in height x 18” width.
The artwork is signed twice by the artist: first, on the front of the artwork, lower center, in an exceptionally large, bold signature in silver; and on the reverse, where Maurer has additionally titled the work.
Jackie Chan is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity, which comes in a clear, protective archival sleeve.
JACKIE CHAN (Datuk Fang Shilong: 房仕龍; born Chan Kong-sang: 陳港生), is a Hong Kong actor, director and martial artist known for his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, and innovative stunts, which he typically performs himself. Acting and performing since the 1960s, Chan’s credits include more than 150 films, and global recognition for his film acting and stunt work. Jackie Chan is one of the most popular action film stars of all time.
Chan’s virtually countless accolades include the Innovator Award from the American Choreography Awards, a lifetime achievement award from the Taurus World Stunt Awards, stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the Hong Kong Avenue of Stars, and hand and footprints at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. Chan has also received an Academy Honorary Award for his “extraordinary achievements” in film, multiple awards spanning three decades from the Asia Pacific Film Festival, and countless other awards recognizing his multifaceted talents.
Artist bio:
Sid Maurer's (1926-2017) long career spanned decades in the world of Art and Music, beginning at age seventeen when he was hired as Assistant Art Director at Columbia Records in New York City. When the music industry exploded, Maurer designed album covers and promotional material for popular artists, alongside Columbia Records colleague Andy Warhol. Maurer expanded his commercial art studio to tackle a wide range of projects for the music and film industries, while his striking artistic style developed, influenced by artists he met including Pollack and Rauschenberg.
Maurer left the empire of music and art that he had helped to build to focus on his passion: painting. In the last decade, his work has been shown in a wide variety of venues, including the Georgia Capitol, the Carnegie Museum and U.C.L.A. His commissioned artwork includes work for ESPN, MotorSport America Magazine, David Bowie, Boy George, and Donovan.
As a painter, Maurer created large mixed media pieces that were very much a product of his varied training and experience. His style combined bold, dynamic colors and strokes with painstaking layouts and typographical elements. The result is the unique blend of a painter's passion tempered with the calculating compositional eye of a graphic designer, exploring his themes through the use of bold subject matter, symbols and graphics.