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An Important Modernist Painting By Hilda Altschule 1950

An Important Modernist Painting By Hilda Altschule 1950

$4,800.00 USD

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An unusual, modernist painting by Hilda Altschule, 1950. Entitled "Orpheus and Euridyce", oil on canvas. A quick note about the artist "Hilda Coates Altschule (New York, Russian, 1900 - 1983) was born in Russia and was active/lived in Rochester, New York. Painter, sculptor, she studied at Hunter College, and Cornell University, M.A. Her artworks were exhibited at Great Lakes Exhibition, Cayuga Museum of History & Art; Albright A. Gallery, 1939 (prize); Lillian Fairchild award, Rochester, 1945; Finger Lakes Exhibition, 1950 (prize); N.Y. State Exhibition, Syracuse, 1950 (prize); Cortland Fair, 1953 (prize). She worked as an assistant lecturer at the University of Rochester in early 1960s. While at first she painted in a realistic expressionistic style, resembling German Expressionism, her later work incorporated cubist elements".

Height: 37.75 in (95.89 cm) Width: 30.75 in (78.11 cm) Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)

Wear consistent with age and use. original condition, framed, wear appropriate to age, crackling, minor paint loss.

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