Artist Management
PMB 705
6520 Platt Avenue
West Hills, CA 91307
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EXCLUSIVELY FEATURING
ARDEN VON DEWITZ
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BACKGROUND
Arden von Dewitz, 1915–2004, was the son of Baron Hrolf von Dewitz of Denmark and Valda Valkyrien, Premier Danseuse of the Royal Danish Ballet, New York Hall of Fame and Fox Studios Silent Screen Star. He was born in New York City in 1915, and at an early age it was clear that he was gifted. At age 3, Arden knew he wanted to be an artist as he carried his paint box on the cobblestone streets of Copenhagen where he was raised. He completed studies at Soro Academy of Art in Denmark, and in California, at the Stickney School of Art, the Ottis Art Institute and Parsons School of Art. He then resided in Southern California.
At age 18 he created watercolor drawings of dwarfs and submitted them to Walt Disney to show his creativity and sense of color in hopes of working for Disney. Disney kept his drawings for six weeks and then told Arden that he only animated animals. Arden then joined the Army. Later, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was released by Disney, and the Dwarfs were remarkably similar.
Arden was the first television artist instructor for the “Guideline” and “Scope” weekly series produced by ABC-TV. Also, he was the first television artist instructor for the “Steps in Learning” series produced by CBS-TV. Arden was selected by the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard as the Official Combat Artist for the Pacific Fleet.
Arden created art instruction books, “Red Barns and Other Scenes”, “How to Paint Rocks and Surf”’, and “A Fun Book on Acrylic Painting” that were distributed world wide by Walter Foster Publications in addition to his prints that were distributed world wide. He had on-location art classes throughout the world in addition to being an art instructor for Laguna Beach School of Art, Marymount College, and the Los Angeles Board of Education.
Arden continued his dream to paint and lived on his art until 1987 when he was stricken with Parkinson’s Disease. He fought a long brave battle with this most debilitating disease that impaired his ability to create and paint, which to him was his life.
ARTISTIC BIOGRAPHY
Arden von Dewitz, the internationally known artist who has long been regarded as one of the foremost painting masters of America. Arden mastered all mediums of art and was totally versatile in all subject matters. He could not be boxed into just one medium or subject matter. If location or subject matter was not available, Arden created art out of his minds eye. His creative style lets you experience an aura of emotion as it captures your innermost feelings of sensitivity. His canvases come to life before your eyes and you are drawn into the magic of his creative color techniques and impassioned artistic philosophy.
His marines let you feel his stormy Viking heritage of thunderous emotion. His warm sunsets and reflecting moonlights envelope you in the serene and dream like solitude of nature. You are drawn into the magic of his color and style in his landscapes and old barn scenes. His colorful vivid florals and still lives captivate your imagination, while his portraits, life drawings and nudes envelope you into the culture of the period in which they were painted and sketched.
Once von Dewitz detached himself from the renaissance world of reality and entered into the fantasy world of modern art, his work is veiled by the mystery and natural ease of his creative powers that suggests everything in his paintings is beyond the realm of reality. His exquisite verve for vivid colors and unique imagination of creative patterns depict the grandeur of his style in his alluring South Seas paintings.
Arden von Dewitz is America’s best kept secret. He is the multi-talented artist of renaissance and modern art, a combination of Rubens and Picasso embodied into one. Arden von Dewitz is the Master Artist of the twentieth century.
MUSEUMS
Hans der Kunst Museum, painting “Do Your Thing”, Munich, Germany.
United States Navy Museum, painting “Destroyer”, Washington D.C.
Laguna Beach Museum of Art, paintings “Spirits and Ghosts” and “Winter Storm”, CA.
California State Capital Museum, painting “White Thunder”, Sacramento, CA.
PREEMINENT COLLECTIONS
President Ronald Reagan Collection, painting “Riding High”, Los Angeles, CA.
Signal Oil Collection, painting “Big Sur”, Los Angeles, CA.
National Cash Register Collection, painting “Paradise Cove”, Los Angeles, CA.
Matson Lines Collection, painting “Papeete Tahiti”, San Francisco, CA.
Pacific Far East Collection, painting “Moonlight Sea”, San Francisco, CA.
Many Other Prominent Collections Throughout the World.
MAJOR EXHIBITIONS
Melbourne Exhibition, “Creative South Sea Painting”, Melbourne, Australia.
Auckland One-Man Show, South Sea Paintings, Auckland, New Zealand.
U. S. Navy West Coast Premier, “Operation Palette”, Los Angeles, CA.
Los Angeles City Hall Rotunda One-Man Show, “Bunker Hill Collection”, Los Angeles, CA.
Waldorf Astoria, “Southern California Noted Artist”, New York City, NY.
World Tour Exhibition, S.S. Monterey One-Man Show, Matson Lines, San Francisco, CA.
AWARDS
Gold Metal Award, Academia Italia della Artie e del Lavoro, Paroma, Italy.
U.S. Navy and Coast Guard Artist Award, U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, Washington D.C.
Golden Palette Award, Grumbacker, New York City, NY.
California Purchase Award, First Place, Sacramento, CA.
Los Angeles All City Award, Gold Metal, Los Angeles, CA.
HONORS
Selected by the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard as Official Combat Artist for the Pacific Fleet.
Life Member Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA.
Judge California State Fair Art Exposition, Sacramento, CA
Judge Barnsdall Art Festival and other Major Art Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA.
International Who’s Who in Art and Antiques, Cambridge, England.
International Who’s Who of Intellectuals, Cambridge, England.
Notable Americans of the Bicentennial Era, Raleigh, NC.
Who’s Who in American, Chicago, IL.
National Social Directory, New York City, NY.
PUBLICATIONS AND ARTICLES
“Red Barns and Other Scenes”, by A. von Dewitz, Walter Foster Publications,
Los Angeles, CA.
“How to Paint Rocks and Surf”’ by A. von Dewitz, Walter Foster Publications,
Los Angeles, CA.
“A Fun Book on Acrylic Painting”, by A. von Dewitz, Walter Foster Publications,
Los Angeles, CA.
American Artist Magazine (multiple issues), published in New York, NY.
“Prize Winning Art Book”, (pictorial Article), M. Harold Publications, New York, NY.
“Creative Color”, (book cover and pictorial article), W. Guptill Publications, New York, NY.
TELEVISION, LECTURES AND DEMONSTRATIONS
“Guideline” and “Scope” series, 18 half-hour educational art shows, produced by ABC-TV.
“Steps in Learning” series, Los Angeles Board of Education shows, produced by CBS-TV.
Hawaii AM Talk Show, “Guest Personality”, produced by KHVH-TV.
ART INSTRUCTOR
Taught Marine and Landscape Art Classes, Laguna Beach School of Art, CA.
Taught Anatomy and Life Drawing Classes, Marymount College, CA.
Pastel, Acrylic, Oil and Water Color Art Classes, Los Angeles Board of Education, CA.
Taught annual week-long Advanced Painting Classes, Carmel-Monterey, CA.
Taught On-Location Painting Classes, Southern California.
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Artist Management
PMB 705
6520 Platt Avenue
West Hills, CA 91307
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