Vintage ALBERT WASSERMAN " The Lesson " ARTIST Teaching Portrait OIL PAINTING
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This is really a wonderful original. I just picked up a collection of wonderful works from artists of the Salmagundi club including Albert Wasserman and Gene Magazzini. This is one of two great works from Albert Wasserman that I am offering. For those not familiar with the artist, I have included his biography below. This is a great oil on canvas view of a couple of artists getting a painting... lesson with the teacher in the background. I have seen a couple other similar works by the artist and being that he took classes at ASL and at Salmagundi, I am wondering if this is one of the artist's actual classes. Oil on canvas measuring 9 x 12 inches. Signed and dated lower right corner. Painting is in excellent condition with just some very slight surface grime. Gold frame shows some minor scuffing but nothing too bad. Inside the back stretcher is the original receipt when this painting was acquired directly from the Salmagundi Club back in 1997. It also has the title and the artist's name in pencil on the stretcher. Really a stunning original presentation of this great work that came directly from the artist. Frame measures 11 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches. If you collect the artist or recently learned about him and want to see or acquire other works by him, check my store for the others I am offering. Happy to combine shipping if you purchase more than one. Add only $5 more for S&H&I for each additional painting you purchase.
For those not familiar with the artist his biography from his obituary in the New York Times reads: "August 23, 1920 - January 3, 2017. Graduated Evander Childs High School, Bronx, NY 1937. Pulitzer Scholarship 1940 led to National Academy, studied with Sidney E. Dickinson and Ivan Olinsky. 1941 Obrig Prize. Studied at Art Students League with Charles S. Chapman. Served in Army 1944-1946 in Belgium, France and Germany with the 115th anti-aircraft artillery gun battalion. Painted portraits and scenes across Europe. Stationed at the end in Marseille where he met his wife of 55 years, Sylvette Marchetti (deceased). Taught since 1955 at Jackson Heights Art Club and at Educational Alliance Sirovich Senior Center since 2001. Always with a sketchbook even on subway. Attended A.S.L. painting class every Saturday until mid September. Member of Salmagundi Art Club where he won numerous prizes. Always a gentleman and adored by his students. Loved and adored by his children Sandra and Daniel. Missed by all who knew him. May his gorgeous work live on."
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