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The Paintings
ofPeter Bocour
Peter Bocour (1947-2011) grew up in the Greenwich Village art scene of the 1950’s and 1960’s. His father, Leonard Bocour, was the founding partner of Bocour Artists Colors. As a child, he spent a great deal of time in his father’s paint factory, particularly enjoying the ribbons of paint emerging from the paint guns and filling oil, watercolor and acrylic tubes sold under the names Bocour, Bellini and Aquatec. He told stories of his father giving tails of paint from the tube guns to artists such as Mark Rothko and Willem de Kooning in the days before they were successful and receiving paintings by them in thanks. Bocour was an abstract artist who loved to use color and hated to draw, leading to his expressive visual vocabulary.
Peter received his undergraduate degree from New York University and his MFA from the University of California at Berkeley. He also studied painting at the Skowhegen School and at the New York Studio School.
When you look at Peter’s paintings and drawings, the influence of those ribbons of paint are obvious.
Stare long enough and you’ll see something else though. For me, Peter’s paintings are about dance and music. Peter’s painting “Izzy’s Dragon” could just as easily have been called “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue” with it’s sensous leaps, dips, turns and attitude. “Blur” is a swirl of dancers waltzing to Johann Strauss Jr.’s “Vienna Blood Waltz”. “Man O’ War” is any music for the Hustle dance from the 1970’s with dancers repeating patterns, all dressed as brightly as they can.
Once you understand the musical influence on Peter’s paintings, they make enormous sense as the fusion of painting, music, dance and time, contained in a limited two dimen-sional surface. You understand his paintings differently. They are not incoherent jumbles of color and stroke – they are concise, carefully orchestrated performances.
Christine DebanyMay 15, 2013
A Love Supreme Acrylic on canvas, framed
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AfterShock Acrylic on canvas
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Apollo’s ChAriot Acrylic on canvas
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BAlderdAsh Acrylic on canvas, framed
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BetA Acrylic on canvas
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BizArro Acrylic on canvas
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BlACk Acrylic on canvas
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BlACk WidoW Acrylic on canvas
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BlAzing Fury Acrylic on canvas
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Blue Acrylic on canvas
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Blue streAk Acrylic on canvas
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Blur Acrylic on canvas
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BoomerAng Acrylic on canvas
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BuBBle BounCe Acrylic on canvas
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ChAmpAgne supernovA Acrylic on canvas, framed
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ChArlie’s pride Acrylic on canvas
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CorksCreW Acrylic on canvas
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Cortez Acrylic on canvas
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dArk dreAms Acrylic on canvas
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dejA vu Acrylic on canvas, framed
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dozeydo Acrylic on canvas
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drAgon Fire Acrylic on canvas, framed
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drAgon WAgon Acrylic on canvas
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dueling drAgons Acrylic on canvas
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FArenheit Acrylic on canvas
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FiestA Acrylic on canvas
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gAlAxi Acrylic on canvas
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genome Acrylic on canvas
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giAnt dipper Acrylic on canvas, framed
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glissAde Acrylic on canvas
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green Acrylic on canvas
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gWAzi Acrylic on canvas
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hideAWAy Acrylic on canvas
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hot tAmAle Acrylic on canvas
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imAgine Acrylic on canvas, framed
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indus Acrylic on canvas, framed
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io Acrylic on canvas, framed
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izzy’s drAgon Acrylic on canvas
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jAgged pill Acrylic on canvas
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joker Acrylic on canvas
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jungle Fever Acrylic on canvas
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king uBu Acrylic on canvas, framed
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love mAChine Acrylic on canvas, framed
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mAn o’ WAr Acrylic on canvas
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mAveriCk Acrylic on canvas
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meteor Acrylic on canvas
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monkey mAyhem Acrylic on canvas
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mystiCAl Acrylic on canvas, framed
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no. 1 Acrylic on canvas
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no. 4 Acrylic on canvas
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no. 39 Acrylic on canvas
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ondine Acrylic on canvas, framed
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orAnge Acrylic on canvas
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pAndemonium Acrylic on canvas
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phArAoh’s Fury Acrylic on canvas, framed
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phoenix Acrylic on canvas, framed
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purple Acrylic on canvas
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rAmpAge Acrylic on canvas, framed
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red plAnet Acrylic on canvas
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revolver Acrylic on canvas, framed
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sAturnAliA Acrylic on canvas
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sCrAmBler Acrylic on canvas
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siren Acrylic on canvas
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spiCA Acrylic on canvas, framed
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tAngerine green Acrylic on canvas
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tAngler Acrylic on canvas
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tiger turn Acrylic on canvas
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torqued out Acrylic on canvas
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torrAnt Acrylic on canvas, framed
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toxiC Avenger Acrylic on canvas
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vACume Acrylic on canvas
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ventilAtor Acrylic on canvas
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vortex Acrylic on canvas
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WildCAt Acrylic on canvas
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WildFire Acrylic on canvas, framed
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WindhAmmer Acrylic on canvas
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Windstorm Acrylic on canvas
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yelloW Acrylic on canvas
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zipper Acrylic on canvas
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zongA Acrylic on canvas
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zoomerAng Acrylic on canvas, framed
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All of Peter Bocour’s paintings and drawings are available exclusively through Dubaigne Fine Art. To make an offer, please contact us at cd@dubaigne.com or 917-838-5533 / 212-675-2662.
All reasonable offers will be considered.
Dubaigne Fine Art428 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10011http://dubaigne.com