ORIGINAL ART- Don Schweikert. Group Exhibitions W/ Pablo Picasso, Pletka. Estate

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ORIGINAL ART- Don Schweikert. Group Exhibitions W/ Pablo Picasso, Pletka. Estate:
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Biography:

Born in Cleveland, Ohio on Jan. 25, 1935, Don Schweikert established his reputation as an Abstract Artist painter, photographer and sculptist and known for his diversital styles with oil, watercolor and mixed media.

He was raised in the Ohio attended and awarded Scholarships to: Cooper School of Art 1950- 1953. Cleveland Art Institute 1953 – 1954. Art Students League, NY 1954 – 1956. Chicago Art Institute 1957 – 1958. Chaounard Art School, Los Angeles, CA 1958 - 1959.

Don Schweikert received awards from 1953 – 1971: Cleveland Press - First Prize, 1953. Phyllis Wheatley Award - Cleveland, Oh, 1953. Louisiana Annual - Alexandria, Louisiana-First Prize & Honorable Mention, 1959. Tucson Festival Art Show- Honorable Mention – 1962. California Water Color Society - Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles - Special Award, 1967. California State Fair - Sacramento, CA - Second Prize, 1967. Westwood Art Association - \"The Figure Show\" - CA- Honorable Mention, 1967. Pico Riviera Art Festival - (No Objective) - First Prize, 1968. Pico Riviera Art Festival - (Oil) - First Prize, 1968. Laguna Beach Art Festival- (Watercolor) - Honorable Mention, 1969. Laguna Beach Art Festival - (Oil) - Honorable Mention, 1969. Westwood Art Association-\"Small Image Show\"- CA- Gold Award, 1969. Laguna Beach Art Association - CA-Honorary Membership Award, 1971. Westside Jewish Community Center- \"Freedom in Crisis Show\" - Honorable Mention, 1971. Long Beach Art Association - \"Open Juried Sculpture Show\"- Honorable Mention, 1971. Saint Raymond\'s Dominican Retreat- (Photography) Thousand Oaks, CA- Second Prize, 1971.

After being drafted into the Army, He moved to California and continued creating works of art from his home in Topanga, CA. Don had One- Man Exhibitions From 1954-1972: Gallery A, Chicago, Il-1957. Heritage Gallery, CA-1962. Canyon Gallery, Topanga, CA 1965 – 1969. Functional Esthetics Gallery, Arlington, VA -1967. Sylvia Mesches Gallery, Sherman Oaks, CA -1968. Valley Center of Arts School, Sherman Oaks, CA -1969. The Emerson Gallery, Encino, CA- 1970. Bela Bognar Galleria, La Cienega -1970. Thomas Crowe Galleries, La Cienega, Los Angeles, Ca-1972. Group Exhibits From 1954 - 1972: Cleveland Museum, Oh-1954. Cleveland Museum Traveling Show, Oh-1954. The Art Colony Gallery - Cleveland, Oh -1954. Butler Art Institute- Youngstown, Oh -1954, 1955, 1961, 1962. Chicago Navy Pier Show - Chicago, IL 1954. Gallery A - Chicago, IL -1957. California South Show - San Diego, CA -1961.Santa Paula, CA -1961, 1962, 1966. San Francisco Museum, CA -1961, 1966. Tucson Festival of Art - Tucson, AZ -1962, 1969. 20th Century Painting Show - Fullerton Junior College, CA -1962. National Orange Show - San Bernardino, CA -1962, 1967, 1968. Museum Of Fine Arts -\"The Southwest Painting Show\" - Houston, TX -1962. Long Beach Museum of Art, Southern California Exhibition- CA -1963. Westside Jewish Community Center, Invitational- Los Angeles, CA 1965 – 1970. Miracle Mile Show - Los Angeles, CA -1966, 1967. Long Beach Drawing Show, Traveling Invitaitonal-1966. California State Fair - Sacramento, CA -1966, 1967. California National Watercolor Society Show - Laguna Beach & Oakland, CA -1966, 1967.Frye Museum National Oil Show- Seattle, WA -1966. Rossmoor Center Festival of Arts- Seattle, WA -1966. National Art Round Up- Las Vegas, NV -1966, 1970. El Paso Museum Of Art, Tx-1966. Jewish Community Center, \"Painting of the Year Show\" - San Diego, CA -1967, 1968. California Watercolor Society, \"National Membership Exhibition\" - Barnsdall Park, Ca- 1967. California National Watercolor Society, \"Travel 67 Show\" -1967. Westside Jewish Community Center, \"The Artist Paints Young America Show\"-1967. Westside Art Association, CA -1967, 1968. Jewish Community Center Show of Pacific Palisades, Invitational -1967.Otis Art Institute, California National Watercolor Society, Travel Show -1967. All-City Art Show- Barnsdall Park, CA -1969, 1971. La Mirada Fiesta De Artes - CA -1969. Winged Arts, Sedona, AZ -1969. Gallery A, Taos, Nm -1969, 1970, 1971. University Of Judaism, The School Of Fine Arts- Los Angeles, CA -1969, 1970. The Ryder Gallery - La Cienega, CA- 1970, 1971. Prudhoe Gallery, London – 1972.

From 1973 – 1995, Don worked with many animation firms such as Filmation, Warner Bros., Columbia Tri-Star, Disney, Saban And Gaumont Multimedia using his talents as a background artist and supervisor. Some of the projects he worked on were animated cartoons such as Tarzan, Shera, He-man, Fat Albert, Batman Movie and many other animated productions. He loved the desert landscape and spent many weekends enjoying the heat and his garden when he wasn’t painting. While he was painting he listened to a wide variety of music, but Jazz, Soft Rock and Soul were his favorite.

Don was commissioned by Playboy Magazine, Actor, James Arness, Xavier Cougat and Capitol Records. He loved to visit Xavier Cougat to get a glimpse of Cougat’s sexy wife, Charo. Don had an eye for the unusual, exotic and beautiful places, plants, animals and people in this world and used this talent to create amazing paintings, photographs and sculptures.

In 1995, Don contracted a flu-virus while working in Korea and left untreated because he was terrified of doctors and needles which caused congestive heart failure. On March 21, 2005, Don Schweikert died in Northridge, CA of heart failure.

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Item Description: 24\" X 19\" Original 1959, Abstract Sketch of of nude women looking away by, Don Schweikert. There is slight discoloration from age and pin holes in corners. These can be easily covered with proper matting and frame. Selling one original signed art piece.