Arnold Grabone


George Arnold Grabone Oil on Canvas, original frame and artist label 23.5 x 31.5 30.5 x 38.5 In Frame A less often seen landscape, this lake view is a stunning example of Professor Arnold Graboné’s work. Graboné is a well-known German painter noted for having taught both General Dwight Eisenhower and Winston Churchill how to paint. You can see the influence in Eisenhower’s paintings in particular, as he was known to copy Graboné’s paintings. Professor Graboné became well-known for his unique style of Palette knife painting. His technique used the texture of thickly applied paint to create an actual three-dimensional representation of a landscape. In Graboné’s works, the colors are remarkable for their brilliance, distinguishing his landscapes from those of other pallet-knife painters. The brilliance is a result of Graboné’s color-separation technique in knife-painting. His favorite subjects were of the Alps of Bavaria and South Tirole, the Isle of Capri, the English Garden in Munich, the lake region surrounding Starnberg, and fishing boats on the North Sea. His unusual signature is incised into the wet paint with the opposite end of the brush, almost invariably on the bottom left hand of his oil paintings. There will be a U.S. exhibit of Graboné’s Oct-Dec, 2009 at the Spartanburg Art Museum in Spartanburg, SC. The museum says: "In Post-WWII Germany, Prof. Georg Arnold-Graboné was well-known for his exceptional use of the palette knife. This work was remarkable in its texture and brilliant color. In 1951 Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was the commander of occupied Europe. At Winston Churchill's insistance, Eisenhower took up painting as a hobby and began taking lessons from the artist.Through Eisenhower, Churchill became interested in Arnold Graboné's painting technique and in the early 1950s, invited him to spend three weeks painting together on the Isle of Man." Please search for Grabone on Wikipedia, where you'll find an extensive entry. Price upon request.

George Arnold Grabone

Oil on Canvas, original frame and artist label

23.5 x 31.5 30.5 x 38.5 In Frame

A less often seen landscape, this lake view is a stunning example of Professor Arnold Graboné’s work. Graboné is a well-known German painter noted for having taught both General Dwight Eisenhower and Winston Churchill how to paint. You can see the influence in Eisenhower’s paintings in particular, as he was known to copy Graboné’s paintings.

Professor Graboné became well-known for his unique style of Palette knife painting. His technique used the texture of thickly applied paint to create an actual three-dimensional representation of a landscape. In Graboné’s works, the colors are remarkable for their brilliance, distinguishing his landscapes from those of other pallet-knife painters. The brilliance is a result of Graboné’s color-separation technique in knife-painting. His favorite subjects were of the Alps of Bavaria and South Tirole, the Isle of Capri, the English Garden in Munich, the lake region surrounding Starnberg, and fishing boats on the North Sea. His unusual signature is incised into the wet paint with the opposite end of the brush, almost invariably on the bottom left hand of his oil paintings.

There will be a U.S. exhibit of Graboné’s Oct-Dec, 2009 at the Spartanburg Art Museum in Spartanburg, SC. The museum says:

"In Post-WWII Germany, Prof. Georg Arnold-Graboné was well-known for his exceptional use of the palette knife. This work was remarkable in its texture and brilliant color.

In 1951 Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was the commander of occupied Europe. At Winston Churchill's insistance, Eisenhower took up painting as a hobby and began taking lessons from the artist.Through Eisenhower, Churchill became interested in Arnold Graboné's painting technique and in the early 1950s, invited him to spend three weeks painting together on the Isle of Man."

Please search for Grabone on Wikipedia, where you'll find an extensive entry.

Price upon request.