http://theodoreczebotar.com/ Perhaps art critic Henry McBride said it best: “Theodore has the gift for painting.” In fact, when Theodore Czebotar (1915-1996) burst onto the New York art scene in 1936, he created, The New Yorker reported with obvious delight, “something of a sensation in artistic circles here.” His originality, exuberance and, Art News noted, a “combination of reserve and passion,” brought him the kind of attention a young painter could only dream of then. That he had an intriguing, complex and captivating personality was icing on the artistic cake. At once shy, introspective, headstrong and opinionated, Czebotar was bound from the beginning to a deeply personal artistic vision that would broach no compromise.