Lot #2 - Irving George Lehman, 1900-1983 (Ukraine/USA)
Irving George Lehman, 1900-1983 (Ukraine/USA)
Estimate: 200 - 400 £
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Irving George Lehman (1900-1983).
Abstract composition. The mid-20th century
Oil on canvasboard, size 36 x 25,5 cm (14 1/4 x 10 inches).
Unsigned.
Provenance: Irving George Lehman, painter, printmaker, designer, etcher and teacher, was born in Kiev in 1900. He later moved to Brooklyn, New York. He studied at the Art Students League, Cooper Union and the National Academy of Design in New York City, and eventually became a member of the Congress of American Artists, the American Abstract Artists and other contemporary avant-garde groups. Along with many others, he worked for the WPA. Exhibitions: Whitney Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; National Academy of Design, Albany Institute, PAFA Brooklyn Museum, and many important American and European institutions and galleries. Awards: His work was internationally acclaimed in England - Israel - Paris, and he has a permanent place in American art history as a representative of the New York School of Abstract Expressionism. He died in September 1983 in a nursing home in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Lehman is listed in Who Was Who in American Art and Mallett's Index of Artists.).
Abstract composition. The mid-20th century
Oil on canvasboard, size 36 x 25,5 cm (14 1/4 x 10 inches).
Unsigned.
Provenance: Irving George Lehman, painter, printmaker, designer, etcher and teacher, was born in Kiev in 1900. He later moved to Brooklyn, New York. He studied at the Art Students League, Cooper Union and the National Academy of Design in New York City, and eventually became a member of the Congress of American Artists, the American Abstract Artists and other contemporary avant-garde groups. Along with many others, he worked for the WPA. Exhibitions: Whitney Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; National Academy of Design, Albany Institute, PAFA Brooklyn Museum, and many important American and European institutions and galleries. Awards: His work was internationally acclaimed in England - Israel - Paris, and he has a permanent place in American art history as a representative of the New York School of Abstract Expressionism. He died in September 1983 in a nursing home in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. Lehman is listed in Who Was Who in American Art and Mallett's Index of Artists.).
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