Description: OUTSTANDING AND VISUALLY STRIKING ANTIQUE MID-CENTURY MODERN ABSTRACT OIL PAINTING ON BOARD BY AWARD-WINNING NEW YORK MODERNIST PAINTER LEO MANSO.(American 1914-1993) THIS WORK DEPICTS A BEAUTIFUL ASSEMBLAGE OF MODERNIST BLOCKS RENDERED IN BROWN EARTH TONES, FORMULATING INTO A CHUNKY ABSTRACT COMPOSITION. QUITE AMAZING. LEO MANSO IS CONSIDERED A MODERNIST MASTER. HIS WORK IS HIGHLY REGARDED AND EXHIBITED THROUGHOUT IMPORTANT MUSEUMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS PIECE IS SIGNED BY LEO MANSO IN THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER. IT DATES AROUND THE 1960s. GOOD OVERALL CONDITION. MILD WEAR FROM OLD AGE. IT DOES NOT DETRACT FROM ITS BEAUTY IN ANY WAY. DIMENSIONS: 18” W x 16” H Leo Manso (1914 - 1993) was active/lived in New York. Leo Manso is known for Abstract-non ob imagery painting and collage. Studied: National Academy of Design, New School for Social Research w/Camillo Egas. Member of National Academy of Design (1985, National Academician). Exhibited at: PAFA (1947-49, 53,54, 62-68), with American Abstract Artists, 1948, PAAM, 1948 (with Hofmann, Pollock, Gottlieb, Knaths), Audubon Artists (1952, first prize, oil), American Academy & Institute of Arts and Letters NYC (award), University of Illinois, Ford Foundation, National Institute of Arts and Letters, MoMA, Whitney Museum of American Art, NE Arts Festival, Art Students League, Hudson River Museum, Frank Rehn Gallery (many awards in above mentioned). Other awards include Guggenheim Fellowship, 1982. Works at: MoMA, Whitney Museum of American Art, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Worcester Museum, Corcoran Gallery, PAFA, Brooklyn Museum, NY University, Loeb Center, Brandeis University, Gleicenstein Mus, Safad, Isreal, Mt. Holyoke College, Riverside Museum, Hirsh Museums: Everson Museum Of Art (Syracuse, NY) Frederick R Weisman Art Museum (Minneapolis, MN) Kresge Art Museum (East Lansing, MI) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA) Portland Art Museum, Oregon (Portland, OR) Sheldon Museum of Art (Lincoln, NE) Smith College Museum of Art (Northampton, MA) The Brooklyn Museum of Art (Brooklyn, NY) The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Philadelphia, PA) Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City, NY) Exhibitions: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, 1947-49, 1953-54, 1962-68 American Abstract Artists, 1948 Provincetown Art Association and Museum Audubon Artists, 1952 (first prize) American Academy of Arts & Letters, 1950 (award), 1969 (purchase) University of Illinois, Urbanna Annual, 1950 (award) Ford Foundation, 1963 (purchase prize) National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1961, 1969 Museum of Modern Art, 1965 Whitney Museum of American Art, 1947-66 Arts Students League, 1992 (retrospective) Hudson River Museum, 1970 (prize) Guggenheim Fellowship, 1982 Member: National Academy of Design Collections: Museum of Modern Art Whitney Museum of American Art Museum of Fine Art, Boston Worcester Museum of Art Corcoran Gallery of Art Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art Brooklyn Museum New York University Collections continued: Brandeis University Gleicenstein Museum, Israel Mount Holyoke College Riverside Museum, NY Hirshhorn Museum National Academy of Design Provincetown Art Association and Museum Nebraska Art Association Everson Museum Krannert Museum at the University of Illinois Ulrich Museum Portland Museum (Oregon) Michigan State University Museum
Price: 1800 USD
Location: Pasadena, California
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Artist: Leo Manso
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Signed By: Manso
Signed: Yes
Size: Medium
Material: Oil On Board
Item Length: 18 in
Region of Origin: New York, USA
Framing: Framed
Subject: Abstract
Type: Painting
Year of Production: 1960
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 16 in
Style: Abstract
Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
Production Technique: Oil Painting
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Handmade: Yes
Item Width: 18 in
Culture: Modernism
Time Period Produced: 1960-1969
