Seymour Rosofsky

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Seymour Rosofsky

Xylophone Player
1965
gouache and watercolor on paper
18 7/8 x 25 inches

Seymour Rosofsky

Santa Claus and Turtle
1979
gouache and ink on paper
19 x 25 inches

Seymour Rosofsky

Two Women, Legs Akimbo
1978
pastel on scarlet paper
22 x 32 inches

Seymour Rosofsky

Undiscovered Drawings Series (4)
1976
gouache and watercolor on paper
23 1/4 x 29 1/8 inches

Seymour Rosofsky

Clay People
1974
gouache on paper
18 3/4 x 25 7/8 inches

Seymour Rosofsky

The Club
1971
watercolor and gouache on paper
23 7/8 x 27 7/8 inches

Seymour Rosofsky

Couple Dancing in Living Room
1970
gouache and watercolor on paper
24 x 35 3/4 inches

Seymour Rosofsky

Girls Jumping in Tilting House
1970
gouache on paper
19 5/8 x 24 inches

Seymour Rosofsky

Untitled
n.d.
pastel on orange paper
19 x 25 1/4 inches

Seymour Rosofsky
Children with Masks in the Zoo II
1969
charcoal, pastel and watercolor on paper
19 x 24 7/8 inches

Seymour Rosofsky
Ski Mask People on Tags Hanging from Trees
1969
ink and gouache on paper
23 7/8 x 36 inches

Seymour Rosofsky

Daley Machine
1968
oil on canvas
24 x 36 inches

Seymour Rosofsky

Untitled
n.d.
gouache on red paper
18 3/4 x 26 inches

Seymour Rosofsky

Seated Man, Blue Background
n.d.
ink and gouache on paper
19 x 25 inches

Seymour Rosofsky
Study for “The Alarm”
1966
pastel on paper
19 x 25 inches

Seymour Rosofsky

Girl Jumping
mid 1960’s
watercolor and gouache on paper
22 x 30 inches

Seymour Rosofsky

Rifleman and Bar
1965
pastel on tan paper
20 x 25 3/4 inches

Seymour Rosofsky

Woman at Table with Cake
n.d.
pastel on tan paper
21 3/4 x 29 1/2 inches

Seymour Rosofsky

Dwarf Figure Dancing
1960
pastel on paper
17 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches

Seymour Rosofsky

Girl Jumping
1958
pastel on gray paper
26 1/4 x 19 1/8 inches

BIO

b. 1924 – d. 1981

Lived and worked in Chicago, Illinois.

Seymour Rosofsky is one of the key figures in twentieth century Chicago art.  Emerging in the late 1940s as part of the movement later dubbed the “Monster Roster,” alongside Leon Golub, Nancy Spero, June Leaf, and Dominick Di Meo, he initially painted grotesque, existentially angst-ridden figures, perfect little monsters.  By the early 1960s, Rosofsky had begun to develop a singularly fantastical style rooted in observational painting, creating unflinching masterworks like “Unemployment Agency” (which has hung in Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office) and “Homage to Spain, Thalydomide Children, Others” (in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago).  Rosofsky’s brilliance as a painter is widely recognized, but he was also a spectacular draughtsman with a particular interest in drawing as both a process and a medium.

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