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Victor Czerkas

Victor Czerkas (1914 - 2003) was active/lived in California, Iowa.  Victor Czerkas is known for Portrait, landscape, figure, illustrator.

Victor J. Czerkas
(1914-2003)

Born: Sioux City, Iowa
Studied: Chouinard Art Institute
Member: San Gabriel Art Association

Victor Czerkas grew up in Iowa and their learned the sign-painting trade. In the 1930s he moved to Southern California where he worked as a sign painter and freelance commercial artist. By the 1950s he was employed by Universal Studios as a lettering artist, producing hand-lettered titles for major motion picture releases. In later years he did similar work for ABC Television programs.

Throughout his life Czerkas also produced fine art watercolors
and oil paintings. He studied art in the 1930s then continued his art
education with private painting lessons from Nicolai Fechin. Most of his early paintings depict regional California cityscape and landscape views. These were often produced outdoors on location while viewing the subjects. After 1978 he also produced works depicting subjects he found while travelin   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1176 characters.]  Artist bio

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Similar artists

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Victor Czerkas


   Keywords 
Art MethodArt MediaArt Subject
  • Figure, Figurative Humans
  • Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
  • Portraits, Portraiture
  • Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • California Before 1940
  • Europe
  • India and/or Burma
  • Russia
Art Teacher
  • Nicolai Fechin
Art School
  • Chouinard Art Institute, CalArts, Student
Chronology
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Figure Specialty

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