Minimalist Steel Sculpture Early minimalist steel sculpture by James Prestini. James Libero Prestini, (1908-1993), was a California minimalist sculptor best known for his thin-walled turned wood bowls he created early in his artistic career, and his highly polished aluminium I-Beam sculptures Prestini created later in his life. Prestini’s father was an Italian stonecutter, who exposed…
Andre Beaudin – ‘Oiseau’ (Bird) Andre Beaudin – ‘Oiseau’ (Bird) – 1947 André Beaudin, (1895 – 1979), was a french painter and sculptor from the School of Paris who worked in a cubist manner throughout his career. Beaudin was born in Mennecy, and studied from 1911 to 1915 at the l’École des Arts Décoratifs.…
Carlos Dyer – WPA painting – 1938 Carlos Dyer – WPA oil painting – dated 1938 Carlos Dyer, (1917-2016), was an American painter and educator. Dyer, who sometimes went by Carlus, was born in Springfield, Missouri, and lived and worked in Los Angeles, California in the 1930s. During this time he was working…
Jean Xceron – Exhibited oil painting – 1949 Jean Xceron – ‘Variations No. 329’ – 1949 Jean Xceron, (1890-1967), is heralded as a pioneer of non-objective painting by the Smithsonian Archives of American Art and Xceron was a wildly successful American modernist artist during his lifetime. Xceron was a Greek-born American artist and writer. He…
Zahara Schatz – 1940s Kinetic Sculpture Zahara Schatz – Kinetic Sculpture Zahara (Zohara) Schatz, (1916 – 1999), was progressive female artist, designer, and educator from Israel, and the daughter of Israeli artist Boris Schatz who founded the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. During her lifetime Zahara lived, created and taught in…
Emil Bisttram – Thunderbird Emil Bisttram watercolor. Emil Bisttram, (1895-1976), was a leading modernist painter in the American Southwest who created iconic abstract paintings and influenced and continues to influence young American artists. Bisttram studied in New York at the National Academy of Design, Cooper Union, and the Art Students League before traveling to Mexico…
Basil Marros Circa 1930s abstract oil painting. Basil Marros, (1897-1954), was of Greek born artist who moved from his home country to the United States where he settled in San Francisco, CA in 1916. In 1921 Marros accepted a scholarship at the Art Students League in New York City. In 1924 Marros departed for Paris to…
Peter Camfferman – 1930s Abstract forest scene by Pacific Northwest modernist Peter Marienus Camfferman. Peter Camfferman, 1890-1957, was born in The Hague, Holland, and emigrated to the US at a young age. He studied at the Minneapolis School of Fine Art where he met his future wife, Margaret Gove Camfferman. Peter and Margaret traveled, created…
Seymour Franks -1945 Abstracted cityscape of New York City from 1945 by American artist Seymour Franks. Seymour Franks, 1916-1981, was born in New York City in 1916. At the age of 16, Franks was stricken with polio. He went on to work for the WPA and later studied at the National Academy of Design in…
Oronzo Gasparo – 1940 Interior of a home in 1940 by Oronzo Gasparo. Oronzo Vito Gasparo, 1903-1969, was an Italian-born American modernist painter. Gasparo studied, worked, and exhibited in New York in the 1930s and 1940s and was highly influenced by his mentor and teacher, Preston Dickinson. Gasparo exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art…
