ABEL G. WARSHAWSKY
AMERICAN (1883-1962)
The Sun Worshipers
Oil on canvas
32 x 25.5 inches
Signed lower right: A.G. Warshawsky
Note: A letter by the widow of the artist accompanies this work.
Notes from the Artist:
“The Ile-aux-Moines, destined to play a considerable role in the history of my career….Whenever we went sketching, as we were never very far from the shore, we would take our bathing suits and go for a swim after work. I also painted the village boys, perched on the rocks or frolicking in the water. Three of the boys were our faithful models – Denis Guenec, son of the customs officer…and the brothers Joseph and Marcel Le Cor. To many my life on the island that summer might appear a lonely one. I was observing the painter’s maxim: ‘To arrive, one has to live in paint, think in paint, eat paint.” -AGW