Get to know Jerry Bengis and some of his accomplishments? Jerry Bengis, an international authority in Salvador Dali, has appraised over 5,000 individual pieces of art dating back from the early 2000s to present day. He has also lectured on many cruise ships, art seminars, and museum venues. He is a specialist in graphics including, but not limted to Dali, Miro, Picasso, and many more. As a fine art appraiser for Princess Cruise Lines, Oceania, Crystal, Cunard, NCL, and countless others, he has appraised over 29,300 pieces since 2001.
What clients say about Jerry Bengis : Thank you once again for assisting me with my recent appraisal of the Dali portfolio and the other original etchings and lithographs. It is important to me that I am able to rely on your expertise on works by Dali. Please let me know if you need my assistance for anything in the American/European painting area. Thank you for the recent insurance Appraisal for my painting.
Etching uses a plate coated with wax or other acid-resistant material. A design is scratched into this platewhich is then exposed to acid cutting the design into the plate. The coating is removed and ink applied to print the image. Expressionism is artistic distortion used to evoke an emotional effect, usually angst. Fabriano is fine art paper made in Fabriano, Italy used for water media. Fauvism Les Fauves is French for The Wild Beasts and refers to an early 20th century art movement which emphasized intense and unorthodox use of color, simple lines and exaggerated perspective. Henri Matisse was a leader of the short-lived movement.
An accredited appraiser with certification in limited edition prints, Jerry Bengis has served as an art appraiser for over four decades. Considered a specialist in limited edition graphics and sculpture, Jerry Bengis has served as an expert witness on fine art cases and lectured on limited-edition prints. Along with performing fine art appraisals for a number of cruise lines, he has educated passengers about art during their travels. He also served on the board of directors of the Coral Springs Art Museum for two years.
Constructivism was a Russian movement in art and architecture from 1919 which viewed art as part and conveyance of social revolution. Contemporary Art generally refers to art produced since World War II. Cubism developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque based on some ideas of Paul Cézanne. An important art movement developed from 1906 until 1914 in France and spread throughout Europe. It represents all the surfaces of depicted objects in a single flat plane as if all sides of the objects are visible from the same point of view.
Jerry’s main business of which he is extremely proud is the family’s neon sign business, Benngis Signs. You might be familiar with the most iconic sign of them all – the Coppertone Girl. In fact that sign was recently given an historic designation and became the first sign in Florida to receive such a designation. Mr. Bengis enrolled at the University of Miami, where he earned an award in statistics and secured a bachelor of business administration. He also studied at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. While there, he competed on the school’s baseball team. Read additional info at Jerry Bengis.