MINIATURE PORTRAITS
OF U.S. PRESIDENTS
OIL ON IVORY
MOST UNIQUE, ONE IN THE WORLD COLLECTION OF THE ORIGINAL MASTERPIECES PAINTED BY THE GREAT MASTER OF FINE ARTS
JAN MARKUT.
WELL HONORED AND ADMIRED
BY THE PRESTIGIOUS ELITE OF EXPERTS AND MEMBERS OF
THE FINE ART WORLD.
FORTY ONE
INCREDIBLY DETAILED ORIGINAL
PAINTINGS OF U.S. PRESIDENTS -
GEORGE WASHINGTON TO BILL CLINTON.
     (ARTIST DIED IN NOVEMBER 1993)
PAINTED ON PURE IVORY OVAL PIECES 3.25" x 2.75"
IN GILDED FRAMES, COVERED WITH EMBOSSED GLASS IN WOODEN PLAQUES WITH BRASS NAME PLATES.
                           THESE ARE ONLY SOME PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ORIGINAL PAINTINGS,


NONE OF THESE ELECTRONIC IMAGES HERE ARE CAPABLE OF SHOWING
THE MOST FINE DETAILS AND REAL COLORS OF THE LIFE LIKE ORIGINAL PORTRAITS.
JAN MARKUT WAS BORN
ON FEBRUARY 26, 1928
IN ARS-SUR-MOSELLE, FRANCE
TO PARENTS WHOSE NATIVE LAND WAS POLAND.

THE FAMILY RETURNED TO POLAND BEFORE WWII, WHERE JAN EARNED HIS BA DEGREE AT POZNAN COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS IN 1949 AND HIS MASTER DEGREE OF FINE ARTS AT THE POZNAN ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN 1954.
AS A MEMBER OF THE UNION OF POLISH ARTISTS, JAN WAS COMMISSIONED TO DESIGN THE INTERIORS OF SEVERAL POLISH PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
AS ALL-EMBRACING ARTIST,
JAN HAD HANDLED MANY STYLES.
HE WAS A PRODIGIOUS DRAFTSMAN
WHO WAS AT HOME WITH EVERY TECHNIQUE, WHETHER PENCIL, OIL OR WATERCOLOR AND WAS SKILLFUL IN
ICONS, CALLIGRAPHY, MOSAICS, MURALS, SCULPTURE, ILLUMINATED TEXT, FABRIC DESIGN AND MINIATURES.
HE CONTINUED WORKING IN THE VARIOUS ART FORMS BUT DEVOTED THE GREATEST PORTION OF TIME, IN HIS LATTER YEARS, TO MINIATURE PORTRAIT PAINTING.
IN THIS CATEGORY HE WON AWARDS IN THE MINIATURE ART SOCIETY OF FLORIDA EXHIBITS.
HE WON THE BEST OF SHOW AWARD
TWICE IN 1981 AND IN 1985.
HE SERVED AS A JUDGE FOR THIS SHOW IN 1992.
IN 1983 JAN MARKUT WAS ELECTED TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE PRESTIGIOUS ROYAL MINIATURE PAINTERS, SCULPTURS AND ENGRAVERS IN LONDON, ENGLAND.
HE SHOWED THERE ANNUALLY AND HAD WON THE GOLD BOWL HONORABLE MENTION TWICE IN 1988 AND 1990.
FINE ART COLLECTORS PAID TOP DOLLARS FOR MANY OF HIS MASTERPIECES.
JAN MARKUT'S MONUMENTAL TASK WAS COMPLETING THE MINIATURE PORTRAITS
OF THE UNITED STATES PRESIDENTS,
FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON TO BILL CLINTON.
THIS LABOR OF LOVE WAS EMBARKED ON,
AS A WAY OF EXPRESSING HIS THANKS TO AMERICA, HIS ADOPTED COUNTRY, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE ARTISTIC, RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL FREEDOM.
HE WORKED IN HIS STUDIO IN CLEARWATER, FLORIDA UNTIL HIS DEATH ON NOVEMBER 15, 1993.
I am Krystyna Markut, his wife. Serious inquiries only please: mkrystyna135@yahoo.com
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:


UNION OF POLISH ARTISTS (ZPAP)
ROYAL MINIATURE PAINTERS, SCULPTURS AND GRAVERS (RMS) LONDON, ENGLAND
MINIATURE ARTISTS OF AMERICA (MAA)
MINIATURE ART SOCIETY OF FLORIDA (MASF)
GEORGIA MINIATURE ART SOCIETY (GMAS)



LISTED IN THE FOLLOWING PUBLICATIONS:


MEN OF ACHIEVEMENT - THIRTEENTH EDITION
INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL CENTRE
CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND 1989


WHO'S WHO IN ART - TWENTY SIXTH EDITION
THE ART TRADE PRESS LTD.
HAVANT, HANTS, ENGLAND 1994


MINIATURE PAINTING, APPLICATIONS AND TECHNIQUES BY JOAN CORNISH WILLIES
WATSON & GUPTIL NY - 1995


FIVE THOUSAND PERSONALITIES OF THE WORLD - FOURTH EDITION
THE AMERICAN BIOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE, INC
RALEIGH, NC USA

RMS ONE HUNDRED YEARS
LUCAS ART - GREAT BRITAIN 1995



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