Jupiter and Io (2009) Painting by Eric Armusik

In the past two decades, paintings by the artist, Eric Armusik have become prized by collectors worldwide because their deep emotional and dramatic depictions emulate the Old Masters of 17th Century Italy. Eric is an enigma in today’s genre of classical realist painters. Unlike his contemporaries, he doesn’t simply aspire to paint a figure, he paints a moment, a human experience, and an emotional dialogue that transcends culture, religion, and time itself.

Armusik and his paintings have been featured in the pages of The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, Victorian Homes Magazine, American Art Collector Magazine, American Artist Magazine, Old House Journal, and numerous newspapers, TV and radio spots worldwide.

Armusik was awarded the prestigious Chairman's Choice Award in the 2009 Art Renewal Center International Salon, which featured over 1800 of the finest work from artists from over 30 countries. In 2003, he represented the United States in the Florence Biennial in Florence Italy. He was the sole creator of two very successful art promotions in 2010, the Fire Sale and the Marathon Portrait and he sold 46 paintings in 32 days. He was endorsed by 5 Hour Energy and Starbucks for his Marathon Portrait and during this event, he completed 24 portraits in 48 hours of continuous painting.

His art is in numerous private and public collections internationally including the Trenton Museum of Art and the Howard Tullman Collection, St. Sebastian Church, Akron, OH, and St. Therese RC Church, Seattle, WA.

• Nationality: UNITED STATES
• Date of birth : 1973
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• Groups: Contemporary American Artists