1. Bret Gottschall . Figure . Beauty . Drawing
Haircut, pastel/acrylic on cardboard, 14x11 sold Seated Girl, pastel, 29x22, available
Bad Date, charcoal, 20x22, sold C Study VI, pastel, 22x18, available

2. Death of a Salesman, pastel, 40x32, sold

3. Panties and Pull-ups, charcoal/shellac, 18x25, sold
The Spectacle, pastel, 21x24, sold

4. Classy Ass, charcoal, 30x40, sold
Push/Pull, pastel, 40x90, sold

5. Anna in Blue, charcoal/oil, 24x32, sold
Observing Observer, charcoal/oil, 24x18, sold C Study IV, pastel, 18x18, available

6. Pins, oil on paper, 60x40, sold

7. Sweet Caroline, charcoal, 29x23, available

8. Blue Waltz, charcoal/oil, 30x24, sold
Woman with Boat and Legs, oil on canvas, 11x14, sold

9. Her Other Good Side, charcoal, 21x17, available The Comforts of Home, charcoal/oil, 18x15, sold
Tango, charcoal, 30x40, available

10. Blank Beauty, charcoal, 40x60, Fogg Museum Collection, Harvard University
Norman Rockwell Goes to Hell For a Hot Lunch, pastel, 40x60, sold

11. BLN 1, charcoal, 18x14, Sold BLN 2, charcoal, 18x17, available
The Exfoliation, pastel, 40x60, sold

12. Squeeze Knees, charcoal, 16x16, sold New Age Girl, charcoal, 16x15,NFS
Midnight Muff Shot in the Marin Headlands, charcoal/oil, 17x16, sold

13. Solo Show, charcoal, 16x17, Legion of Honor, San Francisco Museum of Fine Art (Auchenbach Collection)

14. Renae Engrossed, pastel, 26x26, sold

15. The Kiss, Pastel, 18 x 18, sold

16. Standing Woman, Charcoal, 17 x 27, sold
Self Portrait Peeling Banana, charcoal, 40 x 30, sold Two Lips, pastel, 25 x 25, available

17. The Three Graces, pastel & acrylic on paper, 22 x 18, available

18. After Sargent, pastel on paper, 24 x 18 available

19. After RD, charcoal & ink wash on paper, 24 x 18 available

20. Vanity I, pastel on paper, 18 x 23 available
Once a Dunce, latex paint on paper, 30 x 40 available

21. Pulltrain, latex paint on paper, 30 x 40 available
Ali, pastel and varnish on paper, 15x15 available Shrugg, graphite on paper, 11 x 8

22. Bret Gottschall (Artist, Art Handler, Art Educator, Art Enthusiast)
609 W. 74th
St
Kansas City, MO 64114
bret@gotty.com
Biography
Bret Gottschall was born in Fremont Nebraska in 1973. He received his
BFA from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1996. He moved to San
Francisco where he received his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in the
spring of 2001. Bret has shown work in several group shows in
Nebraska, including the University of Nebraska Art Gallery, and the
Peru State College Art Gallery. He has shown on the national level at
Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College, Rhinelander, WI.
, and at the Texas National, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches,
Texas. Bret has recently shown work at the Empty Bottle Gallery in Chicago, in
San Francisco at the George Krevsky Gallery of Social Realists, as well as at Mina
Dresden Gallery, SF.; Sesquahanna University, Lore Degenstein Gallery,
Selinsgrove, PA, and Wayfarer’s Gallery in Brooklyn, NY.
Bret’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Fogg Museum at
Harvard University as well as the Auchenach Collection at the Fine Arts Museum of
San Francisco Legion of Honor.
Bret is known for his realist figurative works, and manipulating visual language and
pop culture, which can be viewed at his website: www.gotty.com
Bret continues his search for beauty and his passion for drawing at his home studio
in Kansas City, MO.
Cell: 816-547-1567
Bret’s day job is preparator at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas
City, MO. As a preparator he is responsible for the care and handling of
artworks to be moved, stored, conserved and shown for exhibition to the
public as well as for scholars. Currently the bulk of Bret’s expertise is in
preparing photography collections for exhibition. This includes all measuring,
matting, framing and installing of photography exhibitions at the museum as
well as preparing works to be crated and shipped to other institutions for
exhibition. Bret has been with the museum since 2005, and has been
working in the art world for 20 years in many different capacities as a
prepartor, framer, teacher, registrar, gallery curator, gallery director, and
image maker.