Red Chair with Luchador 2015 21x17

Year2015

Hand SignedLower Right 

Condition Other - lower right frame corner minor damage 

Framed without GlassBlack Frame 

Purchased fromArtist 2015 

Story / Additional InfoThe artist is fascinated with the Hispanic form of wrestling and the lucadors, who dress in elaborate costumes with tights, capes and masks. She has included them in other works. In this painting, a figurine of a luchador stands on the table adjacent to a carved red chair. A window in the background is reminiscent of Pierre Bonnard, the French post impressionist. The cactus is a recurring element in the artist's work, related to her half Hispanic heritage. The filmy curtain on the side is another signature of the artist's. 

Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage 

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Dixie Salazar - United States

Art Brokerage: Dixie Salazar Hispanic - American Artist: Dixie Salazar is a Central Valley, California artist who has been working in a number of mediums, including oils, watercolors, collage, assemblage, and hand-colored photography for the past forty years or more. Her work has been shown extensively in the Central Valley, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New York and Merced, at the Merced Multi-cultural Art Museum in 2005. This was a one person show of oils and painted collage, exploring her dual (Hispanic and Anglo) heritage. Other one person shows occurred in 2006 at Arte Americas in Fresno and Educational Employees Credit Union in Sacramento. A large body of figurative work was also shown at the Patterson Building in Fresno in 2006 in a show titled "Escaping Gravity". In 2013 Dixie had a one person show at Arte Americas in Fresno, INTERCONNECTIONS, painted collages that explored Mayan symbols and history relating them to contemporary issues. In the past five years, Dixie has entered a number of shows in California, Oregon and on the East Coast, winning a number of first place awards and several Best of Shows. Her latest show was a one person show at the Pacific Grove Monterrey Peninsula College Art Museum. Dixie Salazar is also a poet with three books of poetry published and a novel, LIMBO, published in 1995. Listings wanted.