ALFRED CZEREPAK ANTIQUE MASSACHUSETTS BOAT DOCK LANDSCAPE PAINTING OLD MODERN 50

RARE ANTIQUE MODERN LANDSCAPE IMPRESSIONIST WATERCOLOR PAINTING ON PAPER BY ESTEEMED MASSACHUSETTS PAINTER ALFRED CZEREPAK.(American 1928-1986). THIS WORK DEPICTS A FANTASTIC FISHERMEN'S BOAT DOCK SCENE BRILLIANTLY RENDERED IN THE MODERNIST ABSTRACT STYLE. CZEREPAK IS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS CAPTIVATING LANDSCAPES. IT IS SIGNED BY ALFRED CZEREPAK IN THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER. IT DATES AROUND THE 1950s. THE PAINTING IS IN EXCELLENT OVERALL CONDITION. THE FRAME HAS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF WEAR, AS SHOWN. IT DOES DETRACT FROM ITS BEAUTY IN ANY WAY. IT WILL SHIP WITHOUT THE GLASS TO ENSURE A SAFE DELIVERY. PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, HOLLYWOOD CA DIMENSIONS: 24”H x 28”W Alfred P. Czerepak (1928 - 1986) was active/lived in Massachusetts. Alfred Czerepak is known for Marine, landscape. Born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, Alfred Czerepak became a noted landscape painter of Rockport and Gloucester, Massachusetts. He attended the Vesper George School of Art in Boston and graduated from Massachusetts College of Art in 1955. He traveled and studied in Italy and Mexico, and for 15 years was a teacher at Monserrat School for Art in Beverly, Massachusetts. He was noted for taking students to places such as the town dump, where he taught them the beauty of ordinary things, bits and pieces from which they could derive inspiration. He was active in the Rockport and North Shore Arts Association and had studios in Rockport and later in East Gloucester. Museums: Cape Ann Museum (Gloucester, MA)