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Art by Valda 


FACES

Depicting people was Valda's great love and where her artistic talent excelled.  She sought not just to capture a likeness but to express something about that person.  For many years, she did portrait commissions.  Later, her subjects were people and/or events in the news that moved her. 

1940s and 1950s

Valda's career as a professional artist began in the 1940s.  Her primary focus was on portraits but she was also involved in producing murals.

At the same time, she was taking classes at the Art Students League in New York.  She felt that the League was a powerful learning experience, not only because of the skills taught there but also because of the interaction with other artists.  People who would become leaders in Modern Art such as Roy Lichenstein and Robert Rauschenberg were there.  However, the atmosphere was such that there was an exchange of ideas between the artists regardless of their artistic vision.

"I studied at the Art Students League with Reginald Marsh and learned from him the Mareger medium he used in oils, the underpainting, the glazing and the involvement with the human figure and its manifestations of individuality."

Valda continued to do portrait commissions and murals into the 1960s.         
ALDA COLLECTIONS
​Early Drawings

MFA Project
Faces (1940s-50s)
Faces (1960s-90s)
Faces (Matisse-inspired)
Figures
Sports Art
Landscapes
​Abstract Art
Other subjects
Portrait by Valda
Portrait of George R. Wagner
​Oil on canvas.
Probably the best example of Valda's style when she was doing portrait commissions.  Early 1950s.
Portrait by Valda
Drawing of a man.
Conte crayon on paper.
1940s.
Portrait by Valda
Portrait of a Woman
Pastel
​May have been a preliminary work for a portrait commission.  1950s.
Portrait by Valda
Bearded Man
Oil on canvas
​1940s

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