Charles Becker Artist Biography and Art Gallery Collection

Collection: Charles Becker Artist Biography and Art Gallery Collection

Charles Becker is an internationally acclaimed American artist with collections in over 30 countries including Mexico, Canada, Japan, Brazil, and The Netherlands. Charles Becker experiments with a variety of styles, depicting genres from classical still life to surrealist paintings, with equal aplomb. His expressions of Magical Realism have captivated the public and secured his place in the contemporary art scene. Magical Realism is a specialized painting style, offering a realistic view of the world while also adding magical elements, Charles Becker often blurs the lines between fantasy and reality. 

Absolut Vodka commissioned three pieces from Charles Becker, “Absolut Becker”, “Absolut California”, and “Absolut Collection”, used in advertising in publications such as Connoisseur, Interview, and Time magazines. His work has also been featured in Sunstorm, Art & Antiques, USA Today, Art News, U.S. Art, and many other publications. Locales for his notable shows include the Sprit museum in Stockholm, the St. George Art Museum in Utah, and a continuous feature for 20 years at Weinstein Gallery in San Francisco’s Union Square. His work is highly sought after for the personal collections of well-known personas, including baseball's Alex Rodriguez, and the founding family of L.L. Bean. 

Journalist Herb Cain once penned a story in the San Francisco Chronicle mentioning the purchase of Charles Becker's' paintings by sumo wrestler Takanohana Koji. His Eastern European Jewish heritage has shaped his approach to life and art. An early stint as a young boy at a Jewish summer camp helped him reflect on his identity, as well as social inequities of minority groups and the strength that comes in their banding together. Speaking about his roots, Charles notes, "Looking at our ancestors and thinking about trying harder to stand up and say something – there’s a richness in knowing who they were, what they did to survive, and how they stayed alive long enough for us to be here. It's powerful to be connected with a tribe of people- a larger family". His art resonates with this strong tie between present and past.

 As an art educator, Charles Becker maintains a teaching studio in Northern California, serving students in five counties and giving online lessons to students around the world. Many of his students have become professional artists. His still life's transcend realism. He depicts everyday objects with an emotion and sensuality that makes them seem animated on the canvas, and his multi-dimensional compositions reveal new secrets at each viewing. With rich, luster-than-life colors, provocative interplays of light and perspective, and whimsical spirit of the trompe l'oeil, Charles Becker's paintings defy simple categorization. However, what is clear is that his expressions of "Magical realism" have captivated the public and have placed him in the upper echelon of the contemporary art scene.

"The term "Magic Realism" has been used to refer to the painting of Charles Becker. And indeed, an act of conjuring is at play in his work. At first, it would appear that the canvases are fine oils in the trompe l'oeil style of the Dutch Masters. And, at a glance, many of the paintings seem seriously composed in a traditional sense. But upon closer inspection we find this wizard of illusions has woven into his magic carpet an unending parade of surprises and breaks with traditional time-honored rules of painting, so carefully camouflaged that one must literally change his perspective in order to appreciate the wonderful subtleties presented. The fruit in his still life oils take on almost human qualities. A group of strawberries appear to be playing and dancing together. Two pears gossip about a lone pear at the end of the table. A bunch of grapes burn tempestuously, so plump that they are almost bursting with a sensual anticipation

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