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我喜愛的畫家之一：Donald Zolan

Uno de mis pintores favoritos: --- Donald Zolan

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Donald Zolan

mariachiv — 12 de noviembre de 2009 — Donald Zolan es uno de los artistas más populares en EEUU por su obra dedicada a los niños y a los sentimientos más nobles: delicadeza, ternura, felicidad, alegría, inocencia, espontaneidad, AMOR

Pero la biografía de este señor esconde la misma MAGIA que desbordan sus cuadros:

Nacido en 1937 en Brookfield, Illinois, en el seno de una familia con cuatro generaciones de artistas, empezó a dibujar a la edad de tres años y a los cinco ya ganaba concursos locales con pinturas de acuarela.

A los trece consiguió una beca para el prestigioso Instituto de Arte de Chicago. Tras su graduación, fue seleccionado como aprendiz de Haddon Sundblom , un famoso ilustrador conocido por el Santa Claus de Coca-Cola, y desde ahí recorrió un camino recto hacia al éxito .

Sus cuadros, aún estando presentes en las mejores galerías de arte y museos, también se pueden encontrar en platos, muñecas, figuras, puzzles, tarjetas de felicitación y muchos otros objetos.

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Born on August 11, 1937 and a fifth generation artist, Zolan began drawing at the age of 3, completing his first oil painting by age 8. A graduate of Chicago's American Academy of Art, Zolan began his artistic career apprenticing under the famous Chicago illustrator Haddon Sundblom. Zolan died in 2009.

Donald Zolan's artistry is world renown. Zolan said that most of his ideas come from memories of growing up in the quintessential Norman Rockwell town of Brookfield, IL. He described it as a happy and wonderful childhood and in each of his paintings, he always included some aspect of his childhood experiences.

He started drawing when he was three years old. At age five, he created his first watercolor which he copied from the cover of a favorite Walt Disney comic book. He fondly remembers his Mom thinking he had torn the cover off the book. Zolan came from a family of artists (spanning four generations prior to his). According to Zolan "my parents always supported and encouraged my work throughout my life."

Zolan attended the Chicago Art Institute and the American Academy of Fine Art. He spent most of his time drawing and painting from live models establishing the foundation to interpret the human form. He remembers painting the stages and faces of human life from children to philosophers, rabbis, and artisans. He said "it is very fulfilling for me to capture children discovering the precious gifts of life for the first time with sheer joy, wonder and innocence, and on the other end of life's spectrum to portray philosophers writing what they have learned from their life."

By the time he opened his first gallery, portrait commissions and his paintings of Rabbis, children and Native Americans were the most sought after works. According to Zolan, "after painting a wide array of subjects, my first love is still children."

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America 's beloved painter of children, Donald Zolan, passed away on Monday, July 20, 2009 at the side of his wife and soul mate, Jennifer R. Zolan in Scottsdale , AZ. Donald was “the people's artist”, a true gentleman of great humility, a happy and positive thinking man, and a man who cherished and loved his wife.

Born on August 11, 1937 to the late James and Margaret Zolan of Brookfield , IL., Donald Zolan's happy and idyllic childhood in America 's Heartland was his continual source of inspiration for his famous children and Santa Claus paintings. The love and joy one sees in his paintings are a sincere expression of himself and each painting rekindles a spark of nostalgia in each of us as the warmth and richness of his work touches the heart and enlivens the soul.

A fifth generation artist, Donald was a precocious talent who started drawing at the age of three completing his first oil painting by age eight. A graduate of Chicago 's American Academy of Art, Zolan began his artistic career apprenticing under the famous Chicago Illustrator, Haddon Sundblom.

As Donald's reputation grew as a distinguished portrait artist, his precious paintings of children earned him global fame winning the Six Time Winner of America's Favorite Plate Artist and 12 time Award Winner of the Collector Editions Awards of Excellence. His paintings today are licensed to 30 multinational companies worldwide including co-branding programs with John Deere, International Harvester, and the Collegiate Licensing Group. In 2008, he was accepted in membership to New York 's prestigious Society of Illustrators.

Donald's work had become a familiar feature in Parade magazine, the nation's most popular Sunday newspaper supplement.

Donald Zolan will be loved and remembered forever by his wife, Jennifer R. Zolan, who was his world, his best friend, and his partner in life for 25 years. Donald Zolan is also survived by two children from a previous marriage, Mother in Law, Florence Ivanoff, Uncle, Michael Ivanoff, Aunt, Loretta Ivanoff as well as cousins, Andrea Worley and Christine Edwards. He was preceded in death by his brother, Richard Zolan.

A former resident of Hershey, PA and Ridgefield, CT, Donald Zolan's funeral services will be held on Monday, July 27, 2009 at 12 Noon at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church at 212 Cocoa Avenue in Hershey with Rev. John Philip Kline, officiating. Burial will be at the Hershey Cemetery . Arrangements are being handled by Wiedeman Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society for Lung Cancer Research in memory of Donald Zolan. Donations can be made online at www.cancer.org or by calling 1-800-227-2345.