Eugene F. Hollander or Gino Hollander (1924 – August 27, 2015) was an American painter. He began painting in

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during the

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movement.

Biography

Early life

Hollander's father was in the fur business, enabling the family to travel to Europe including a nine-month stay in Paris. At age 13, he experienced his first adventure with a 1,000-mile bike trip up the

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alone. He was a member of the

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New York City

In the mid-20th century, he was a successful filmmaker along with his wife Barbara Hollander before he started painting in 1960, during the abstract expressionism movement in New York City. He became one of the group that defined this movement and whom all hung out at the famous

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. Acrylic paint was just emerging at that time and Hollander was among the first to explore its possibilities. From 1960-1962, he had his studio and the first Hollander Gallery on Bleecker Street, in

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. During that time his paintings sold to the likes of Jacqueline Kennedy, Steve McQueen,

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, and Ralph Lauren.

Spain

Despite having experienced initial success in New York, Hollander moved his family to Spain in 1962, to find his voice in painting. He often bartered paintings to support his family while he continued developing his style. Hollander and his wife Barbara took their children on archaeological trips, following the road construction crews which were building new highways throughout Spain, unearthing ancient treasures. They created Museo Hollander, renamed Pizarra Municipal Museumbr>
located in an old Cortijo. The museum was to exhibit this collection of Spanish artifacts that span along with Hollander's own paintings. In 1990, the Hollanders donated their museum to the government of Spain and were nationally awarded in honor of the King's birthdate a Medallion de Plata for contributing to the country's growth in tourism.

Aspen

After nearly 20 somewhat reclusive years in

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during which he appeared in the film "Mountain Town", Hollander gave in to his lungs' demands in the near 8,000-foot altitude and moved with his wife Barbara to Ojai, California.

California

Hollander died, surrounded by his family, at the age of 91 in Newport Beach, California.

Artistic Style

Hollander's work is reflective of his ethos; he makes art because he must, and while he is aware of the art world, it's only vaguely so. His work is honest and emotional; he paints for himself. He has no wish to engage in a dialogue with the viewer. It is for him to paint, for the viewer to view. He refuses to title his paintings. He tells no stories. To him, “there is nothing verbal about a canvas. A painting is simply one way to express a feeling and feelings can only be made less if they are talked to death." His portraits are purposely poised on the far edge of nothingness, faces left blank or at best enigmatic. His figures are abstracted and his abstracts disturbingly figurative. He'll paint through the day and on into the night, each canvas a different mood. From stark black and white to a splash of brilliant colors and on to a subtle moody sepia, then back to a black and white, gentle this time. He is a complex man and his canvasses reinforce this complexity in the very simplicity of their form and content. "I chose painting for the immediacy of the moment the medium can allow—its immediacy of expression. I find my deepest moments are of feeling and that is what I strive for in my painting. The art of painting provides me with a constant mirror of my being—both successes and failures, the good moments and bad. I prefer to paint it all as it comes. Painting takes on a rhythm like breathing: loose, tight, whatever. Living and painting become one. I believe in the universality of art’s function, a heritage of involvement of everyone – the youngest to the oldest, the artist, the viewer. A subliminal communication of feelings about the human condition. My paintings are expressly directed to evoke an emotional reaction from the viewer." - Gino Hollander, 2010.

Hollander Galleries

HG Sullivan St., Greenwich Village, NYC 1961 - 1st painting sold here. HG, Bleecker St., Greenwich Village, NYC 1962-1967 - paintings sold here provided money for the move to Spain. HG, 950 Madison Ave., NYC 1967-1972 - across from the

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. HG Torremolinos, Costa del Sol, Spain 1962-1963 HG Atalaya Park, Costa del Sol, Spain 1964-1985 HG Hotel Puente Romano, Marbella, Spain 1965-1985 HG Mount St., London 1966-1976 HG Marbella Club Hotel, Spain 1967-1990 HG Hollander-York, Toronto 1968-1980 HG West Broadway, NYC 1970-1982 HG Hamburg, Germany 1975-1978 HG Museo Hollander, Cortijo De Las Yeguas, Spain 1982-1990 – archeological museum as well as a charitable organization. HG, Santa Fe, NM 2013–present. Currently located at 225 Delgado Street, Santa Fe, NM 87501

Notes

Gino Hollander Website

Public Institutions

*Museo Bellas Artes *

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* Aspen Art Museum *Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University *

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*Ojai Valley Hospital *New York University Art Collection, now Grey Art Gallery *Shell Oil Co., Houston * City College of New York *New York Presbyterian Hospital * Mount Sinai Hospital, New York *

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*White Museum *Museo Hollander *

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*Churchill College, Cambridge University *La Galería de La Esquina A.C, Tijuana Baja California Mex.

Private and Estate Collections

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*Ralph Lauren *John and Julie King *Luciano Pavarotti *Jeffrey N. Mahony *John Crosby *Morley Safer * Jacqueline Kennedy *Vizcondesa de Llanterno *Alan Ladd *Leontyne Price *Herbert Kretzmer *Ricky Nelson *Oscar de la Renta *Howard Head *Taki Fukishima *Van Cliburn *Ben Thylan] *Vincent Sardi Sr., Vincent Sardi *Faye Emerson *Burt Lancaster *John Mitchell *Betty Pfister *Isaac Stern *Princess Maria Louisa de Prussia *Sophia of Spain *Count Schoenburg *Condessa de Salamanca *Geoffrey Beene *John Houston *William Pattis *

*Brian Epstein *Edward G. Robinson * Steve McQueen *Norman Mailer *Arjun Gupta *Leif Kreutzberg *Anna & Lawrence Olsen *David & Rhonda Saaks *Donal Ward Collection *Linda Pierson' *Leon Chou *William Brown * S Edward Bothers *J. Carrasco *Brian D. Fay / Lawrence A. Grab, Jr. *Stephen Lloyd Webb *Francisco E.Dominguez *Rose & Ralph Lachman

References

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