Art Alive at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery




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Art Alive 2006 Winning Entries

Best Tableau from the Gallery’s Permanent Collection ($300 Prize)
Pioneer High School
Joan Thorne (American, born 1943).
Naust, 1978
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Charles Clifton Fund, 1981

People's Choice Award ($200 Prize)
Sara Piniewski and Ann Marie Stachewicz
Jack Levine (American, born 1915)
The Last Waltz, 1962
Collection Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Kid's Choice Award ($200 Prize)
Aaron Piepszny
Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954)
Icarus from Jazz, (1943-47)
Collection Museum of Modern Art
Louis E. Stern Collection

The Handyman Award for Best Craftsmanship ($150 Prize)
Buffalo Seminary High School
Augustus Saint Gaudens (American, 1848-1907)
Eight Caryatid Figures, 1906-07
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery
James G. Forsyth Funds, Albright Art Gallery, and the City of Buffalo, 1933

The Off the Beaten Path Award for Most Unusual Entry ($150 Prize)
Buffalo Academy for the Visual & Performing Arts
Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983)
Carnaval d’Arlequin (Carnival of Harlequin), 1924-25
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1940

Honorable Mentions

Buffalo Academy for Visual & Performing Arts
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880-1948)
Portrait of a Woman, 1911
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery
General Purchase Funds, 1957

Fillmore Central School
Auguste Herbin (French, 1882-1960)
Vie No. 1 (Life No. 1), 1950
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Gift of The Seymour H. Knox Foundation, Inc., 1966

Fatimah and Shannon Pennington
Edgar Degas (French, 1834-1917)
Waiting, 1882
Collection J. Paul Getty Museum
Owned jointly with Norton Simon Art Foundation, Pasedena

Xavier Dzielski
René Magritte (Belgian, 1898-1967).
The Son of Man, 1964
Collection San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Reilly Anne Dzielski
Mary Cassatt (American, 1844-1926).
Little Girl in a Blue Armchair, 1878
Collection Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Lancaster High School
Jack Vettriano (Scottish, born 1951)
The Singing Butler, 1992
Portland Gallery

Lancaster High School
Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
Self Portrait, 1966-67
Collection Jose Mugrabi

Lancaster High School
Frida Kahlo (Mexican, 1907-1954)
Two Fridas, 1939.
Collection Museo de Art Moderno

Lancaster High School
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)
Girl with a Boat (Maya Picasso), 1938
Collection Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, Switzerland

Lancaster High School
Piet Mondrian (Dutch, 1872-1944).
Composition No. 11, 1940-42 — LONDON, with Blue, Red and Yellow, 1940-42.
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1944

Frontier High School
Max Beckmann (German, 1884-1950)
Hotel Lobby, 1950
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Room of Contemporary Art Fund, 1950