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Adrian Gottlieb, 1975


Applying historic techniques and painting methods to a classically inspired contemporary artistic expression, Gottlieb is committed to providing paintings using only archival grade materials that will stand the test of time.
Naturalist painter and portraitist, Adrian Gottlieb, was born in northeastern Vermont.
He currently lives and paints from a studio in Southern California.


By the age of 15, Gottlieb had already exhibited in the VT state capitol, and had been recognized by Vermont Governors Madeline Kunin and Howard Dean - his painting of Vermont's Abenaki Indian Tribal Council was purchased by the University of Vermont for permanent exhibition.
Gottlieb’s portraits are notably insightful, bringing us closer to the sitter through a heightened awareness of that person’s humanity.

Gottlieb was chosen the first place national winner (painting and graphics category) of the 1993 Young Inventors and Creators of America Award - a competition designed and funded by the US Patents, Trademarks and Copyright Offices, and the US Library of Congress.
Presently he works in Los Angeles where he has resided for the last 12 years.

There he met such long standing patrons of the arts as film producer Michael Huffington, painted numerous private portrait commissions both in the studio and on location, while creating a large body of figurative work to sell regularly to devoted collectors.