Ina Balin the actress & humanitarian who owned 1961-63 Balin-Taube Gallery was a artist herself…

Visit us at Jaxsprats Unique Collectibles   www.jaxsprats.com

 

RARE SIGNED BALIN CIRCUS CLOWN PORTRAIT OIL PAINTING

FREE SHIPPING WITHIN THE USA, BUT I WILL SHIP WORLDWIDE AT MY EXPENSE      UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS A RARE & ORIGINAL   SIGNED INA BALIN CIRCUS CLOWN PORTRAIT OIL PAINTING Balin was also a published photographer and was the co-owner of the Balin-Traube Art Gallery in New York, which operated on East 74th Street for three years in the early 1960’s.  IT IS PROFESSIONALLY FRAMED & MOUNTED. FRAME MEASURES 20 1/2″ BY 24 1/2″ INCHES. IT’S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE THAT WILL DEFINETELY BE A FOCAL PIECE TO YOUR CURRENT COLLECTION.  Buy-it-Now for $1,199.99  Brooklyn-native actress Ina Balin (née Rosenberg) was born on November 12, 1937, into a Jewish family of entertainers. Her father, Sam Rosenberg, was a dancer/singer/comedian who worked the Borscht Belt. He later quit show business to join his family’s furrier business. Her mother was a Hungarian-born professional dancer who escaped a troubled family life by marrying at age 15. Sam was her third husband at age 21. They divorced when Ina and her brother Richard were still quite young and the children were placed in boarding schools (she at the Montessori Children’s Village in Bucks County, Pennsylvania) until their mother married a fourth time to shoe magnet Harold Balin. He later adopted the two children. Ina always wanted to be an actress and her mother encouraged her to take ballet lessons while young. Her first big break occurred in New York at age 15 when she appeared on Perry Como’s 1950s TV show. She went on to attend New York University majoring in theater and also studied with Actors Studio exponents Lonny Chapman and Curt Conway while gathering additional experience on the summer stock stage. She made an auspicious Broadway debut in a female lead with “Compulsion” in 1957. Two years later the dark-haired, olive-skinned beauty won a Theatre World Award for her outstanding performance in the Broadway comedy “A Majority of One” starring Gertrude Berg. Producer Carlo Ponti saw her Broadway performance in “Compulsion” and requested her for a prime role in his film The Black Orchid (1958). Starring Ponti’s wife, Sophia Loren, and Anthony Quinn, Ina received impressive notices as Quinn’s sensitive, grownup daughter. Considered one of 20th Century Fox’s most promising new talents, she received a special “International Star of Tomorrow” Golden Globe for this early work. A major career disappointment occurred when the film version of Compulsion (1959) was made and Ina’s ethnic role of Ruth Goldenberg was transformed into a non-ethnic part (Ruth Evans) that wound up starring Diane Varsi. Ina was given an unbilled part in the movie. The sting of that studio transgression was somewhat softened when she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for “Best Supporting Actress” for her intensive performance in the Paul Newman/Joanne Woodward soaper From the Terrace (1960) as Newman’s love interest. Due to her strong exotic features, she found herself confined by the studio in her casting and she eventually felt compelled to leave. A soft, slender, but intent-looking actress who could play various types of ethnicities (Jewish, Italian, Mexican, Spanish, Greek, et al.), she had a lovely, quiet glow to her, but could easily display the fiery temperament of an Anna Magnani when called upon. In the 1960s, however, she was overshadowed by a number of her leading men in their respective showcases. There was little room for any actor to generate interest upon themselves when playing opposite the likes of an Elvis Presley, Jerry Lewis and/or John Wayne. In other situations, her roles were merely decorative, less showy, or proved less integral to the main plot, such as her secondary role as Martha in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965). While Ina maintained a fine balance of TV roles ranging from the dramatic (“Bonanza,” “Mannix,” “Quincy,” “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea”) to the humorous (“The Dick Van Dyke Show,” “Get Smart”), the one big acting role that could have set her apart from the others never materialized. Subsequent pictures such as the cult film The Projectionist (1971) and The Don Is Dead (1973) and her assorted appearances in several TV-movies failed to advance her status in Hollywood. And then her life changed…dramatically. As the first woman to ever participate in a handshake tour of a South Vietnam military hospital in the late 60s, Ina toured Vietnam with the USO in 1970 and was greatly affected by the entire experience. It also triggered a series of trips back to the war-torn region. As a Board Member of the An Lac orphanage in Saigon, she courageously took part in the full-scale evacuation of nearly 400 orphans in 1975 during the fall of the city by the Communists. She eventually adopted three of the 219 children who managed to be flown out of the country. In 1980, the dramatic rescue was replayed via a TV film in which Ms. Balin portrayed herself. The well-received The Children of An Lac (1980) (TV) also starred Shirley Jones (as fellow rescuer Betty Tisdale) and Beulah Quo (as the concerned Vietnamese woman who ran the An Lac orphanage). From this point on Ina’s professional career took a back seat to the raising of her children and her ongoing interest in foreign relief. She appeared throughout the 1980s with a sprinkling of guest shots on TV’s “Battlestar Gallactica,” “Murder, She Wrote” and “As the World Turns,” among others. As for film, her last movies (The Comeback Trail (1982), Vasectomy: A Delicate Matter (1986) and That’s Adequate (1989)) were unworthy of her obvious talents. Ina never managed to fulfill her promising, Golden Globe-winning potential for she was diagnosed and eventually succumbed, at the age of 52, to a rare case of pulmonary hypertension. A single parent, she was survived by her three children   www.jaxsprats.com Jaxsprat’s Unique Collectibles www.jaxsprats.com jaxspratsuniquecollectibles@blogspot.com …blog us on google www.bonanzle.com/booths/jaxsprat  ..be bonanzled www.jaxspratsuniquecollectibles.com  …launches October 2009 www.facebook.com/jaxsprats …join our FB family www.twitter.com/jaxsprats …follow us www.squidoo.com/jaxsprats  or jaxspratsuniquecollectibles …view our lens www.tagged.com/jaxspratsuniquecollectibles …tag us www.google.com/profiles/JaxspratsUniqueCollectibles www.jaxspratsuniquecollectibles.ecrater.com

A sleeping giant in the art world

Welcome to WordPress.com. This is your first post. Edit or delete it and start blogging!

www.jaxsprats.com

Jaxsprat’s Unique Collectibles
www.jaxsprats.com
jaxspratsuniquecollectibles@blogspot.com …blog us on google
www.bonanzle.com/booths/jaxsprat  ..be bonanzled
www.jaxspratsuniquecollectibles.com  …launches October 2009

www.facebook.com/jaxsprats …join our FB family
www.twitter.com/jaxsprats …follow us
www.squidoo.com/jaxsprats  or jaxspratsuniquecollectibles …view our lens
www.tagged.com/jaxspratsuniquecollectibles …tag us
www.google.com/profiles/JaxspratsUniqueCollectibles
www.jaxspratsuniquecollectibles.ecrater.com   

RARE LYDIA H. DARVAS STILL LIFE CZECH SLOVAK PAINTING

Description  FREE SHIPPING WITHIN THE USA, BUT I WILL SHIP WORLDWIDE AT BUYERS EXPENSE        HERE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS A RARE, AUTHENTIC, AND ORIGINAL FRAMED OIL PAINTING     CREATED BY THE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED ARTIST      LYDIA H. DARVAS   TITLED:   “FROM GOD’S GARDEN“   As an American painter of fine art in the Contemporary Modernist and Abstract Expressionist Style, I incorporate into this style the portraits and caricatures of legendary and/or famous American personalities who have significantly contributed to American history and culture.   THIS MASTERPIECE DEPICTS A BEAUTIFUL STILL LIFE OF FRUIT DISPLAYED ON A KITCHEN TABLE SHOWCASING AN ASTONISHING EFFECT OF VIVID HUES WITH GREAT USE AND PLACEMENT. THE CANVAS DISPLAYS STRONG RAISED TEXTURED STROKES WITH LYDIA’S CLASSIC SIGNATURE STYLE AND TECHNIQUE. THIS IS A GREAT FOCAL PIECE TO ADD TO YOUR CURRENT COLLECTION CREATED BY A HIGHLY SKILLED & PROLIFIC ARTIST.    THE FRAME MEASURES 20.5″ BY 24″ INCHES, AND THE PAINTING IS IN IMMACULATE CONDITION.   Lydia Darvas   Date of Birth: October 8, 1935  Lydia Darvas has worked in oils, acrylics, multimedia, collages. She has used various styles starting with realistic, subsequently changing to surrealistic and abstract and finally developing a uniquely personal style characterized by hidden faces or forms embedded in surrealistic backgrounds executed on large canvasses mainly in oil but also in collages. She has named this personal style as “Comby” which indicates a combination of surrealism and collages. Occupationally induced illness: Lydia’s new “Comby” technique entailed the extensive use of turpentine applied over large oil-pairited surfaces. Chronic inhalation of fumes of turpentine mixed with oil pigments containing toxic heavy metals resulted in cumulative poisoning that culminated in her hospitalization. She was diagnosed with spina! spondylolisthesis and initial stages of Parkirison’s disease. As a result she was forced tc interrupt her artistic career since 1984. Since that time she has been undergoing detoxification therapy for her.     AWARDS • June 6, 1976, Bicentennial Award in Multimedia from the American Heritage Art Show held in the Miami Herald Building, Miami, FL • Sept.8 – Oct.5, 1979, International Salon II held in the outskirts of Zurich, Switzerland • April 1980, First Prize from An/Ida Corporation Art Show, held in Miami, FL • November 2002, Registration in the Picture Reference Library of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. • Over my lifetime, Many other honors, second prizes and cash awards.   SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1969 Twelfth Annual Allentown Exhibition Buffalo, N.Y. My artwork was reviewed in the “Buffalo Courier Express” and I received many mere commissions. Nov.27 & Dec.28, 1970 Byron Hall Gallery, Miami Beach, FL 1970 Crystal House, Miami Beach, FL 1971 King-Cole Gallery Miami Beach, FL (Exhibition lasted 6 months) 1972 Diplomat Gallery, Hollywood, FL (Exhibition lasted 1 year) 1973 Hollywood Museum of Art, Hollywood, FL 1975 LoweArt Museum, Coral Gables, FL Feb.8-22, 1976 Parker Play House, Fort Lauderdale, FL 1978 to 1979 Grove House Gallery, Coconut Grove, FL 1982 & 1983 Konover Gallery, Miami Beach, FL (Exhibition lasted 2 full years) June 5, 1983 Poetry & Art Exhibition, United Way fundraiser, Coconut Grove FL Feb.23, 1984 Archdiocese of Miami, Miami, FL (Exhibit and TV Broadcast) Feb. to April, 1984 Villanova, University, Miami Lakes, FL PUBLISHED REVIEWS Jan.18, 1970 “Buffalo Courier Express”, Buffalo, N.Y. (Whole Page Review about Lydia’s Art) Mar.21, 1972 “The Daily Sun Reporter”, Fort Lauderdale, FL Dec.29, 1972 “Sun Tattler”, Hollywood, FL Sep.24, 1974 “The Journal”, Miami Beach/North Miami, FL Jan. 1976 & 1977 “Contact”, Miami, FL (Reviews on pages 20 & 33) Aug. 6, 1978 “The Miami Herald”, Miami, FL (About Lydia’s Technique) June 1982 “Apollo”, page 42, London, England (British Magazine) Feb. to April, 1984 “St. Thomas of Villanova University News”, Miami Lakes, FL Aug. 22, 1991 “Zivot”, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (The whole of page 19) BOOKS CITING ARTIST AND HER WORK 1977 “International Biographical Directory” (second edition) 1978-1979 Contemporary American Art in “Artist USA” (seventh edition) 1987 “Encyclopedia of Living Artists in America” COLLECTIONS Club Balneario, La Ribera de Playa Az jl, Caracas, Venezuela Historical Museum, Hamburg, N.Y. Neil Armstrong Museum at Space Center, Houston, Texas Stadthause, Zurich, Switzerland Sergio Valente (the famous men’s clothing designer) bought Lydia’s artwork on April 18, 1982. In addition her artwork has found its way to many private and public collections in Canada, South America and U.S.A. APPEARANCES IN LOCAL TV BROADCASTS (MIAMI. FL) Channel 4 (CBS) 1976 Channel 6 (NBC) 1978 Channel 10 (ABC)  1978 Channel 17 (WLRN) ( Public Television), 1980 EDUCATION 1949-1953 MFA, Fine Arts Academy in Bratislava, Slovakia      Check out my other items!     Payment We accept Mastercard, Visa, American Express, Discover, and PayPal.           Shipping All postage is calculated at cost which also includes packaging and handling fees which make our standard low cost shipping rates more appealing to our by buyers. Items will be shipped via FedEX or USPS Priority Mail service with Delivery confirmation, unless otherwise stated in the listing. If you buy more than one item we combine shipping & give a $1.00 discount on shipping for each additional item purchased within (7) days of the first initial purchase. Please allow 3-5 business days for delivery once item has been paid for through paypal. Terms of Sale PLEASE NOTE THAT SELLER IS NOT AN EXPERT IN ANY OF THE ITEMS BEING OFFERED. ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD “AS IS” THEREFORE IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BUYER TO CHECK ALL ITEMS BEFORE PURCHASING THEIR SELECTED PRODUCT. INSURANCE IS OPTIONAL BUT IS RECOMMENDED ON HIGHER PRICED ITEMS. ALL SALES ARE FINAL About Us   We at Jaxsprat’s Unique Collectibles have been avid treasure hunters for over five years. From the confines of our beautiful and cluttered home in sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida we have been operating our ebay store for over two years as a wholehearted family enterprise. Our aim is to provide and showcase quality antiques, collectibles, memorabilia, and fine art at affordable prices for everyone. We seek to ensure that our customers have a wonderful experience when shopping for collectibles in our store. Contact Us If you have any inquiries or questions in reference to this item or any other item. We are available 24/7 as we make it an integral part of our customer service policy to respond to you in a efficient and timely manner.  http://stores.ebay.com/Jaxsprats-Unique-Collectibles?refid=store jaxsprat11@ebay.com

<span><a href=”http://www.ioffer.com/users/jaxsprat11?source=widget” target=”_blank”><img src=”http://www.ioffer.com/user/widget_render/jaxsprat11” border=”0″ /></a><span style=”display: none; font-size: 0px”><script>var ioffer_widget_random_number = Math.round(1000000*Math.random());document.write(‘<span id=”span’ + ioffer_widget_random_number + ‘”></span>’);document.getElementById(“span” + ioffer_widget_random_number).parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName(“img”)[0].style.display = “none”;document.getElementById(“span” + ioffer_widget_random_number).parentNode.style.display = “block”;</script><script language=”JavaScript” src=”http://www.ioffer.com/user/widget_render/jaxsprat11?render=js”></script></span></span>