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Mark King
Mark King, Along the Boulevard
The King artwork displayed here is currently for sale through Doubletake Gallery
There are 6 pieces for sale. Click on the image to see the details.
    
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Artist's Biography - Mark King
Mark King
( 1931 - May 27, 2014 )
Mark King, a champion of Impressionism and the Ecole de Paris, was born in Bombay in 1931 of British parents. He is the product of an exotic and privileged upbringing in India, where he lived until the age of sixteen during the tumultuous last days of the British Raj. In 1948, following graduation from La Martiniere College in Calcutta, where his focus had been on botany as well as art, King sailed to England to attend Bournemouth College of Art, having determined to pursue painting, sculpture, architecture and theatre design. He subsequently spent the next ten years as resident scenic designer at the Oxford Playhouse Theatre, the Bristol Old Vic Theatre and the Scottish National Opera. In 1961 King decided to concentrate on painting and moved to Paris to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Louvre.

King has carefully studied the old and modern masters from Cimabue and Masaccio to Goya, Turner, Degas and Bonnard. Fascinated with painting techniques, the chemical composition of colors and how they interact, King admits, "What I am searching for is not so much making a statement, or coming up with something new or different, but having more virtuoso command of my medium." Preparing the foundation consumes most of his time, for King meticulously layers colors, glazes and shapes as substrata for the five or ten percent of the acrylic paint that floats on top and forms the finished composition. The underpainting filters through to the surface creating depth and texture. Because of his alla prima approach, in which a painting is realized in a burst of inspiration and single application of pigments, King confesses, "It is not until the last ten to fifteen minutes before completion that I am able to see where the painting is going and catch the mood of the moment."
Title
Year
Type
Medium
Retail
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Original
Oil on Canvas
$17,500.00
1987
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$4,000.00
1991
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,675.00
1990
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,400.00
1983
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$800.00
1989
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$4,000.00
1993
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$975.00
2010
Original
Acrylic on Canvas
--
1993
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$900.00
1989
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,200.00
1992
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,200.00
1992
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,200.00
1993
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$975.00
1977
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$2,000.00
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Original
Acrylic on Canvas
--
--
Original
Oil on Canvas
$17,500.00
1992
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,000.00
1991
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$900.00
1986
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$2,425.00
1985
Original
Oil on Canvas
--
1993
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,475.00
2010
Original
Acrylic on Paper
$9,500.00
1990
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$3,500.00
1992
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$3,500.00
1980
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$2,400.00
1988
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$4,000.00
1988
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$4,000.00
--
Original
Acrylic on Canvas
--
1990
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,200.00
1988
Original
Acrylic on Canvas
--
1973
Original
Oil on Canvas
--
1990
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$3,000.00
1979
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$3,500.00
--
Original
Oil on Canvas
$17,500.00
1988
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,825.00
1987
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$2,650.00
1977
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$3,350.00
--
Original
Acrylic on Canvas
--
--
Original
Acrylic on Canvas
$12,000.00
1981
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,200.00
1991
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$2,000.00
1976
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
--
1990
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,850.00
1989
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$4,000.00
1990
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$4,000.00
1993
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$3,500.00
1991
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$2,025.00
1988
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$2,700.00
1991
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,575.00
1992
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,225.00
1989
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$2,575.00
1989
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$3,500.00
1976
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$2,500.00
--
Original
Acrylic on Canvas
--
1983
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$600.00
--
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$2,500.00
1990
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$850.00
1977
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,700.00
1983
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$2,400.00
--
Original
Acrylic on Canvas
--
1990
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$3,350.00
--
Original
Acrylic on Canvas
--
1983
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$2,400.00
1989
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$4,050.00
2010
Original
Acrylic on Canvas
--
1977
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$2,400.00
--
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$2,850.00
1983
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,500.00
1991
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$2,500.00
1993
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,150.00
--
Original
Acrylic on Canvas
--
--
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$950.00
1991
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$900.00
--
Original
Oil on Canvas
$17,500.00
--
Original
Acrylic on Canvas
--
1989
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$3,450.00
1989
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$2,650.00
1990
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,500.00
1990
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$4,500.00
1990
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$850.00
1988
Original
Oil on Canvas
$19,000.00
1993
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$975.00
1986
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$3,500.00
1984
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$800.00
2010
Original
Acrylic on Canvas
$6,500.00
1986
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$3,000.00
--
Original
Acrylic on Canvas
--
1997
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,150.00
1990
Original
Oil on Canvas
$19,000.00
1987
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$4,000.00
1993
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$975.00
1988
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$4,500.00
1987
Original
Acrylic on Canvas
$19,000.00
1979
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,500.00
1979
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,350.00
1988
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,675.00
1982
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$3,200.00
1978
Original
Acrylic on Canvas
--
1977
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$5,000.00
1990
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,200.00
1991
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$900.00
1991
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,825.00
1991
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$2,500.00
1978
Original
Oil on Canvas
$18,000.00
1989
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,200.00
--
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,175.00
1976
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$2,500.00
1989
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,200.00
1989
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,200.00
1990
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$850.00
1991
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,575.00
1973
Original
Oil on Canvas
--
1977
Original
Oil on Canvas
--
1977
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$3,000.00
1988
Original
Oil on Canvas
--
1985
Original
Acrylic on Canvas
--
1991
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$2,500.00
1987
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$3,500.00
1987
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$2,450.00
1987
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$2,900.00
--
Original
Oil on Canvas
$18,300.00
1990
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,675.00
1974
Original
Oil on Canvas
--
1989
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$2,175.00
1980
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$3,500.00
1978
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$2,100.00
1990
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,850.00
--
Original
Acrylic on Canvas
--
1995
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$2,350.00
1992
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$1,375.00
1990
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$2,175.00
--
Original
Acrylic on Canvas
--
1978
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
--
1979
Original
Acrylic on Board
--
1976
Limited Edition
Serigraph on Paper
$2,400.00
 
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