Raymer Society Consignment Art Auction
Lot 43:
Michael Florian Jilg "Nobility" acrylic on canvas, signed in lower right, good condition, size: 52 x 70 inches, Michael Florian Jilg a self-confessed “bad student” in high school, Great Bend, KS, native Mick Jilg entered Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas, in 1965, finding inspiration and encouragement among the fine arts faculty there. After receiving his MFA from Wichita State University in 1972, Jilg discovered a passion for drawing the human figure, prompting a shift away from the pure abstraction of his graduate-student work. Jilg served as a professor of painting at FHSU between 1981 and 2011, receiving the Kansas Governor’s Artist Award in 1991. He has shown his work in more than 200 exhibitions and is represented in museum collections in the United States, England, and Asia. Since retiring, Jilg has organized and participated in exhibitions in Kansas cities including Hays, Manhattan, McPherson, Garden City, and Lindsborg.
Condition: good
Dimensions: 52 x 70 x 1.5 in
Weight: 17.2 lb
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