Painter, Sculptor

Gerald Wasserman, reflecting on his work: “The oil paintings I did in Rome were mostly figures, like Madonna and Child or Madonna with Saints, both in large and small scale. They were based on the large Italian altar pieces, but in a modern abstract idiom. All my abstract work started with real things in mind. My work was shown regularly in Rome at the Galleria Schneider, owned by an American, Robert Schneider.“

“La Madonna Romana” Oil – 39”x 45”

“La Madonna del Latte” Oil – 39”x 45”

“There is something akin to Picasso in the imaginative, almost whimsical structuring of these figures…Two of the works depict madonnas, monumental figures enthroned as in medieval paintings (one is especially reminded of the work of proto-Renaissance artists like Cimabue.)” –Gay Weaver, Monterey Peninsula Herald, July 1972 “Wasserman may have discovered a subconscious link between paganism and its evolution into Christianity.” –David Fuess, Monterey Life, February 1981

“Ladies in the Night” Oil – 45”x 46”

“Mother and Child with Vase” Oil – 28”x 36”

“Queen and Retinue” Oil – 45”x 56”

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