Rallé (artist)

Rallé
Born	September 6, 1949 Pitești, Romania
Nationality	American
Education	School of Applied Arts, Department of Graphics, Skopje, Macedonia
Known for	Painter
Movement	Surrealism

Rallé, also known as Master of the Town of Consuls (MTC), is an American artist whose work has most recently been shown in the Meisel Gallery^[1][2] and the Bruce R. Lewin Fine Art^[3] in New York City. His paintings have accompanied several articles in the magazine Omni, and appeared as covers of several books. Rallé's work has also been featured in Time Life Books,^[4] Esquire, Penthouse, Gulf-Commentator, Toronto Life, Graphics Annual and American Illustration 3.^[5] He published an autobiography in 2003, which won the 2004 Sappi European Printer of the Year gold award.^[6][7][8]

Awards and tributes

• First Prize for Oil – Majska Izlozba, Moša Pijade, Bitola, Macedonia (1977)
• Merit Award – The Toronto Art Directors Club (1983)
• First Prize for Oil – Barron Arts Center (1985), Woodbridge, N.J., USA
• First Place – Artist' Liaison: National Juried Art Competition (1987), Santa Monica, CA, USA
• Award of Excellence for the painting Guilt – Communication Arts, Illustration Annual (1990)^[9]
• Art Criticism by Jorge Alberto Manrique (2007)^[10]

Publications

• Rallé- Master of the Town of Consuls (2003). The book was published by Antilope Art Books in Lier, Belgium.^[11] Commentaries were provided by Marcel van Jole – founder of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Antwerp (MuHKA), Yonah Foncé – curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Antwerp (MuHKA),^[12] and Michel Gaudet – both an artist and an art critic.
• The Mind's Eye – The art of OMNI (2014). The book is published by Powerhouse books.^[13] Authors: Jeremy Frommer, Rick Schwartz, and Ben Bova.
• Our Human Herds: The Philosophy of Dual Morality and a Theory of Moral Evolution By Martin Fritz (2015)^[14]
• Foundation^[15]

Exhibitions

• 1986- Delaware Art Museum, Invitational Exhibition, National Academy of Fantastic Art^[16]

Gallery

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  Temptress II, oil on board

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  Ethical Conduct, oil on board

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  Madonna Without a Child, oil on board

References

1. "Louis. K. Meisel Gallery". Louis K. Meisel Galler. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
2. "Ralle > Exhibitions". Art in Context. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
3. "Bruce R. Lewin Gallery". Users.rcn.com. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
4. "Dwarfs / by Tim Appenzeller and the editors of Time-Life Books – Details – Trove". Trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
5. Booth-Clibborn, Edward. American Illustration. Abrams. ISBN 978-0-8109-1821-4.
6. "Thirty-eight European printers honored at Sappi awards – WhatTheyThink". Members.whattheythink.com. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
7. "Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique". Opteron1.kbr.be. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
8. "Svět tisku – Gold for technical excellence". Svettisku.cz. 2004-06-25. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
9. Communication Arts. Coyne & Blanchard. 1984.
10. "AICA – Jornadas de Crítica De Arte 2007: 4. La apropiación nuestra de cada día. Jack Seligson". Retrieved 2012-08-12.
11. "Antilope – home". Antilope.be. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
12. "M HKA". Muhka.be. Retrieved 2010-10-11.
13. "BNC CataList – powerHouse Books". bnccatalist.ca. Retrieved 2014-10-03.
14. Fritz, Martin (29 January 2016). Our Human Herds: The Philosophy of Dual Morality and a Theory of Moral Evolution. Dog Ear Publishing. p. 518. ISBN 978-1-4575-3801-8.
15. Foundation. 1986.
16. "Institutional Archives: Exhibition History – 1980–1989 – Delaware Art Museum". Delart.org. Retrieved 2013-12-24.