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ABRAHAM WALKOWITZ Early Signed Modernist Landscape 1917 browse these categories for related items... Directory: Fine Art: Paintings: Watercolor: Pre 1920: Item # 1168102
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| This is a gorgeous watercolor painting by well-known American modernist artist Abraham Walkowitz (1878-1965). A member of America's first generation of artists to break with traditional representation in his art, Abraham Walkowitz created figural works, portraits, landscapes, and abstract works in a range of media and styles. In 1898, Walkowitz enrolled in the venerable National Academy of Design and the following year he studied etching with painter and illustrator Walter Shirlaw. He then began teaching at the Educational Alliance in New York and exhibited there and at the Art Culture League, University Settlement, while continuing his studies at the National Academy. Walkowitz was in Paris in 1906-07 studying at the Académie Julian, an art school popular with Americans, when he witnessed a performance by the American-born dance pioneer Isadora Duncan (1877-1927), whose free-form movements inspired him artistically for decades to come. In Paris, Walkowitz also encountered several emerging strands of artistic modernism, from the geometric reductions of cubism to the intuitive expression of spiritual impulses in the paintings of Russian artist Vassily Kandinsky. In 1912 he joined the avant-garde circle of artists associated with photographer and modernist art impresario Alfred Stieglitz, exhibiting in his 291 gallery. The following year, twelve of Walkowitz's works were included in the groundbreaking so-called Armory Show, which introduced the latest developments in European and American modernist art to shocked audiences in New York, Chicago, and Boston. Walkowitz was subsequently associated with other important exhibitions and organizations, notably the Forum exhibition at Anderson Galleries in New York in 1916; the annual shows of the Society of Independent Artists (of which he was elected a director in 1918 and a vice-president in 1934); and the Société Anonyme in 1920. Source: Terra Foundation for American Art. Work measures 14 7/8 x 21 7/8 inches. Subject: A rural house, likely painted during one of the artist's numerous visits to Maine. Signed lower right. Medium: watercolor on paper. Inscribed on verso: "Sunset, ca 1917." This is a superb work; the starkness foretells Walkowitz's subsequent New York City skyscraper works. Condition: Very good condition, some mild age-associated wear at edges; please see photos. Authenticity is guaranteed. Shipping is FREE within this USA. California residents please add 8.75 % sales tax. | ||
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