Franz Altschuler
North African Prostitutes Red Light District Tunisia, 1972
Oil paint, Acrylic, Mixed Media on Wood Panel
37 × 27 in / 94 × 68.6 cm
$ 19,000.00
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For Playboy Magazine, German-American artist and illustrator Franz Altschuler paints a heart-pounding scene of a red-light district in Tunisia. What's immediately distinctive is how the artist captures the cold, tough...
For Playboy Magazine, German-American artist and illustrator Franz
Altschuler paints a heart-pounding scene of a red-light district in
Tunisia. What's immediately distinctive is how the artist captures the
cold, tough demeanor of the street prostitutes, who size-up the viewer
as he approaches them. Their expressions say it all and send a chill
down the spine. Then again, it's very hot in North Africa and under
extreme conditions, even a middle-aged woman with a pot belly and angry
eyes could be appealing. The viewer enters a tight street packed with
expectation. Altschuler's one-point perspective is used to emphasize the
narrow channel formed between hot, colored walls, which is a metaphor
for a woman's vagina and squeezing into sexual intercourse. His
distinctive painting technique is showcased by fluid brushstrokes,
simple patterning, and a vivid palette that unfolds with expressive
power and psychological tension. It's an absolute pleasure to look at
and study this work endlessly. Although this is a painting and not a
photograph, the viewer can still form a deep connection with the
subjects, as if they were real flesh and blood, not painted.
Unsigned. Framed in the original plexiglass frame - The work is more powerful in person due to its large size.
This
artwork appeared on page 153 of the December 1972 issue of Playboy
Magazine, illustrating the article by Nelson Algren titled "The Way to
Medenine."
Franz Altschuler (1923 – December 12, 2009) was a German artist and illustrator who drew for Playboy, textbooks and newspapers, but also worked with fine art and drawing. Born in Mannheim, Germany, Altschuler and his family emigrated to the US when he was a teenager. He moved to Chicago in 1946 as a student of the renowned painter, photographer and Bauhaus design professor László Moholy-Nagy at the Illinois Institute of Technology's Institute of Design br Wikipedia
Altschuler paints a heart-pounding scene of a red-light district in
Tunisia. What's immediately distinctive is how the artist captures the
cold, tough demeanor of the street prostitutes, who size-up the viewer
as he approaches them. Their expressions say it all and send a chill
down the spine. Then again, it's very hot in North Africa and under
extreme conditions, even a middle-aged woman with a pot belly and angry
eyes could be appealing. The viewer enters a tight street packed with
expectation. Altschuler's one-point perspective is used to emphasize the
narrow channel formed between hot, colored walls, which is a metaphor
for a woman's vagina and squeezing into sexual intercourse. His
distinctive painting technique is showcased by fluid brushstrokes,
simple patterning, and a vivid palette that unfolds with expressive
power and psychological tension. It's an absolute pleasure to look at
and study this work endlessly. Although this is a painting and not a
photograph, the viewer can still form a deep connection with the
subjects, as if they were real flesh and blood, not painted.
Unsigned. Framed in the original plexiglass frame - The work is more powerful in person due to its large size.
This
artwork appeared on page 153 of the December 1972 issue of Playboy
Magazine, illustrating the article by Nelson Algren titled "The Way to
Medenine."
Franz Altschuler (1923 – December 12, 2009) was a German artist and illustrator who drew for Playboy, textbooks and newspapers, but also worked with fine art and drawing. Born in Mannheim, Germany, Altschuler and his family emigrated to the US when he was a teenager. He moved to Chicago in 1946 as a student of the renowned painter, photographer and Bauhaus design professor László Moholy-Nagy at the Illinois Institute of Technology's Institute of Design br Wikipedia