AP ARTIST PROOF THE PLAZA 5TH AVENUE PARK NEW YORK ALEX SCHLOSS SIGNED PRINT ART

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"THE PLAZA"

by artist ALEX SCHLOSS

SURREAL PRINT ART

SIGNED BY THE ARTISAN

"ARTIST PROOF"

DEPICTS NEW YORK CITY'S FAMOUS BURROUGH

WINTER TIME HAS LEFT A SNUGGLY BLANKET OF SNOW

PROFESSIONALLY FRAMED &MATTED

24" X 18"

NOTICE THE HORSE DRAWN HANDSOME CABS & THE LONE YELLOW TAXI

ALEX SCHLOSS was born in New York City and is a painter noted for his uniqueness of style... an almost 3 dimensional quality achieved with a careful texturing and layering of oil paint mixed with sand and marble dust. It is considered a mixed media oil painted frescoe. The richness is balanced by another technique, simplistically clean pastel-like portraitures, executed in oil on raw linen. Here he captures the character of life of the subjects with a minimum of strokes. He is known for his exquisite personal portraits. Alex Schloss has painted the personages of royalty including King Hassen II and The Royal Family of Morocco, Count Bonifazi of Italy & Monaco, as well as 'Woody Woodpecker' creator Walter Lantz. The well-known television and movie star, Herve Villechaize, has been one of his models. Alex has been owner and curator of the Gallery At The Plaza Hotel for the past 25 years. His patronage extends the world over with his work being in constant demand by both new and established clients. As a painter Alex captures both the energy and serenityoflife in New York. He keeps his finger "on the pulse" with an eye on celebrities and his paintbrush ready to translate the soul of the city onto his canvas. Fifth Avenue throbbing with the color and crowds of St. Patrick's Day. The Plaza Hotel, gently tucked in for the night by a blanket of falling snow flakes. When preparing for a new show the artist will spend months studying his exhibit at Harkness House, spending many hours with dancers -- in and out of rehearsals -- in order to study their movements and feelings. This contributes to his success in capturing on canvas, not just a dancer dancing a part, but the essence of the person involved. Alex has painted ballet dancers: Gelsey Kirkland, Nureyev, Baryshnikov, and Susan Jaffe. The Intensity the artist feels is clearly recognized in all of his paintings. One is not just a viewer of his work -- to see his paintings is to become a part of them.

 

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Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It stretches north from Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village to West 143rd Street in Harlem. It is one of the most expensive shopping streets in the world.

Fifth Avenue carries two-way traffic from 142nd to 135th Street and carries one-way traffic southbound for the remainder of its route. The entire street used to carry two-way traffic until 1966. From 124th to 120th Street, Fifth Avenue is cut off by Marcus Garvey Park, with southbound traffic diverted around the park via Mount Morris Park West. Most of the avenue has a bus lane, though not a bike lane. Fifth Avenue is the traditional route for many celebratory parades in New York City, and is closed on several Sundays per year.

Fifth Avenue was originally only a narrower thoroughfare but the section south of Central Park was widened in 1908. The midtown blocks between 34th and 59th Streets were largely a residential area until the turn of the 20th century, when they were developed as commercial areas. The section of Fifth Avenue in the 50s is consistently ranked among the most expensive shopping streets in the world, and the section between 59th and 96th Streets across Central Park was nicknamed "Millionaire's Row" in the early 20th century due to the high concentration of mansions there. A section of Fifth Avenue running from 82nd to 110th Streets, also alongside Central Park, is also nicknamed Museum Mile due to the large number of museums there. 

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The Plaza Hotel (also known as The Plaza) is a luxury hotel and condominium apartment building in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is located on the western side of Grand Army Plaza, after which it is named, just west of Fifth Avenue, and is between 58th Street and Central Park South (a.k.a. 59th Street), at the southeastern corner of Central Park. Its primary address is 768 Fifth Avenue, though the residential entrance is One Central Park South.

The 21-story, French Renaissance-inspired château style building was designed by Henry Janeway Hardenbergh. The facade is made of marble at the base, with white brick covering the upper stories, and is topped by a mansard roof. The ground floor contains the two primary lobbies, as well as a corridor connecting the large ground-floor restaurant spaces, including the Oak Room, the Oak Bar, the Edwardian Room, the Palm Court, and the Terrace Room. The upper stories contain the ballroom and a variety of residential condominiums, condo-hotel suites, and short-term hotel suites. At its peak, the Plaza Hotel had over 800 rooms. Following a renovation in 2008, the building has 282 hotel rooms and 181 condos.

A predecessor hotel of the same name was built from 1883 to 1890. The original hotel was replaced by the current structure from 1905 to 1907; Warren and Wetmore designed an expansion to the Plaza Hotel that was added from 1919 to 1921, and several major renovations were conducted through the rest of the 20th century. The Plaza Operating Company, which erected the current building, operated the hotel until 1943. Subsequently, it was sold to several owners during the remainder of the 20th century, including Conrad Hilton, A.M. Sonnabend, Westin Hotels & Resorts, Donald Trump, and a partnership of City Developments Limited and Al-Waleed bin Talal. The Plaza Hotel was renovated again after El Ad Properties purchased it in 2005, and the hotel was subsequently sold to Sahara India Pariwar in 2012 and then to Katara Hospitality in 2018. The hotel has been managed by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts since 2005.

Since its inception, the Plaza Hotel has become an icon of New York City, with numerous wealthy and famous guests. The restaurant spaces and ballrooms have hosted events such as balls, benefits, weddings, and press conferences. The hotel's design, as well as its location near Central Park, has generally received acclaim. In addition, the Plaza Hotel has appeared in numerous books and films. The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the hotel's exterior and some of its interior spaces as city landmarks, and the building is also a National Historic Landmark. 

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Pulitzer Fountain is an outdoor fountain located in Manhattan's Grand Army Plaza in New York. The fountain is named after newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer who died in 1911 having bequeathed $50,000 for the creation of the fountain. Pulitzer intended his fountain to be "like those in the Place de la Concorde, Paris, France." The fountain was designed by the architect Thomas Hastings, and crowned by a statue conceived by the sculptor Karl Bitter. The fountain was dedicated in May 1916. 

 

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