Hunt Slonem (b. 1951) American, Oil on Canvas. Titled "Toco Toucans". This monumental oil on canvas depicts multiple colorful toucans. The back is is signed Hunt Slonem, and titled "Toco Toucans". Hunt Slonem was born in Kittery, Maine in 1951. His fascination with exotica imprinted during his childhood in Hawaii and experience as a foreign exchange student in Managua, Nicaragua. Since 1973, Slonem has lived and worked in New York City in his legendary loft with his 70 pet birds, which are his models. Since 1977, Slonem soloed in over 150 exhibitions at prestigious galleries. His work is exhibited globally, including in Madras, Venice, San Juan, Guatemala City, Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid, Stockholm, Oslo, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. Over 50 museums internationally include his work in their collections, among them The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The birds evolved from Slonem's early paintings of saints as well as inspiration from the pioneers of bird imagery in painting, including Fabritsius, Heade and Audubon. His birds symbolize the soul and spiritual liberation. Repeated trips to India have nurtured the artist's spirituality. Slonem?s work depicts his reverence for exotic life forms. Birds are one of the great treasures of the earth that sixty million years of uninterrupted evolution have created in the rain forest. Slonem's images are a plea to the viewer to look at these creatures before they disappear from the planet. Provenance: Purchased at Hunt Slonem Galleries in the early 2000's. Hunt Slonem Galleries NYC, by dsc to current owner Louis Schultz, Ad Exec/Mogul.
Provenance: Louis Michael Schultz –An Advertising Man’s Ad ManAn ad man of exceptional vision and depth. To say that Lou Schultz hadadvertising in his blood- would be like saying that Babe Ruth could hit a little.An understatement of a great man, a great ad man who prided himself as a being agreat listener who know how to take care of his clients. A dreamer and doer – herose to the highest echelon of Campbell Ewald in his home town of Detroit –tackling the competitive automotive ad business with the vigor of one those bigblock V-Eights the town was renowned for back in the day. The following jobtitles tip the iceberg of this behemoth of ad man- but only tell part of his greatstory.Staff Campbell-Ewald, Warren, Michigan, 1967-1974, vice president groupdirector, 1975-1977, senior vice president, associate director, 1977-1982, groupsenior vice president, 1982-1983, executive vice president, 1984-1987, Lintas:United States of America, 1987-1994. Chairman Lintas: World War MediaCouncil, 1991. Member development council IPG, New York City, since 1984.President, Chief Executive Officer Civil Engineering Communications, since 1994.Vice chairman Campbell-Ewald, 1998-1999. Chairman, Chief Executive OfficerInitiative Media North America, Los Angeles, since 2000. Chairman InitiativeMedia World War, 2000.Those are the bullet points.The highlights of a successful life lived at the heights of a life in the competitiveworld of advertising. They look great on paper.But they merely scratch the surface of this great ad man who took on everychallenge as he took on his many clients who trusted him with their good namesand products over the years.Bold. Bright. Competitive. A winner. Lou Schultz was the guy you wanted incharge of your ad campaign. And when it came to the media buy – well there wasno one finer to ensure that your product would be seen in the brightest and bestlight. A renegade and a rebel - with a hint of Don Draper and the guts of ariverboat gambler. A straight shooting ad man who always made his client’smoney and their products look good.
Size: 107 x 108 in.