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Denali Auction Company is pleased to offer you the work of some
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Sydney Mortimer Laurence was born in 1865 in Brooklyn, New York and died in 1940 in Anchorage, Alaska. He studied under Edward Moran and the Art Student League of New York. From 1889 to 1898, he lived at St. Ives, an artist colony in Cornwall, England. His exhibits include the Royal Salon of British Artists and the Paris Salon, 1890, 1894 (honorable mention), and 1895. Laurence came to Alaska in 1904 in search of gold, went broke, and resumed painting, which kept him busy the rest of his life. He is Alaska’s most famous painter, with an entire gallery dedicated to his work at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art. |
 Fred Machetanz' paintings have been exhibited around the world. His first one-man show took place in 1961. Machetanz was chosen Alaskan of the Year in 1977, and was awarded three honorary doctorates and a seat in the Alaska Press Club Hall of Fame. The luminous effect of his Renaissance glazing techniques are the trademark of his work and his fascination with Alaska shows through. He refers to his paintings as "Portraits of Alaska", an apt description for this painter of the land and its people. |
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