This is one of the nicest mid-century paintings we have had in a long time. It is signed and dated 1946 and is what I would call a transitional style. While retaining it's WPA/American scene charm it is, in fact, a very modern painting. It is large, powerful and extremely vivid in it's colorization. I dont buy many works on paper because they tend to be faded or monochromatic but this is a KILLER mid-century American watercolor. Image size is 20 x 24 and overall it is 28 x 32 in it's original frame.
He studied at the School of American Sculpture, and at the Art Students League of New York in 1925. He was a member of the Federal Art Project whose murals included, Evolution of the Book, at Theodore Roosevelt High School, and murals at Washington Avenue and Fordham Road in the Bronx. He was Director of the Artists Equity Association from 1955 to 1956. His work is in the Brooklyn Museum and Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
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