Charles M. Wysocki, Jr.(1928-2002)Artist, Michigan, California, 2 Rare 1979 Amcal Inc. Postcards titled "Dr. Bonkley and Family" and "Haberdashery", framed and matted under glass. These are early images of some of the paintings on postcard. Charles Wysocki was a prolific printmaker of early New England scenes and folk art.
On the bottom of each postcard reads "1979 Amcal Inc.,The Americana Company Div., Danville, CA 94526.
"Charles Wysocki" is signed both cards bottom left corner.
Charles Wysocki is one of the most famous folk art or Americana artists, is a listed artist on askart.com with 83 auction records.
A brief biography from Wikipedia on artist as follows:
"Charles M. Wysocki, Jr., was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Charles M. Wysocki and Mary K. Wysocki. His father was born in Poland, while his mother was born in Kansas to Polish-born parents."
"At Cass Technical High School in Detroit he studied art. In 1950 while working in local art studios, he was drafted into the Army and spent his two-year hitch in West Germany. After his service he went to the Art Center School in Los Angeles under the G.I. Bill, where he studied to be a commercial illustrator. After working in that field in Detroit for four years, he returned to Los Angeles where he helped to form a freelance advertising agency."
"In 1960, he met Elizabeth G. Lawrence, an art graduate of UCLA, whom he married on July 29 of that year in Los Angeles. Through his wife whose family were early settlers in the San Fernando Valley, Wysocki came to appreciate a simpler, more rural life than that of the big city. Together they made many trips to New England, which served to nurture his interest in early American folk art. For a while, he continued his lucrative commercial art work while developing his primitive art in his spare time. Eventually, though he devoted all of his attention to this new interest. His work was marketed and licensed by AMCAL, Inc. and for a time by the Greenwich Workshop, Ltd."
"His books include An American Celebration: The Art of Charles Wysocki."
I couldn't find comps on these early postcards.
Handling charge $5.00 for packing materials.
Frame sizes both 11 1/4 inches W X 9 1/4 inches H, wooden frames, matted under glass, ready to hang.