LEO MANSO ANTIQUE MODERN ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING OLD VINTAGE 1950s

BEAUTIFUL ANTIQUE MID-CENTURY MODERN ABSTRACT OIL PAINTING ON BOARD BY REVERED AWARD-WINNING NEW YORK PAINTER LEO MANSO. THIS WORK DEPICTS A WARM, LYRICAL ABSTRACT COMPOSITION BEAUTIFULLY RENDERED IN THE TONALIST MODERNIST STYLE. LEO MANSO IS CONSIDERED A MODERNIST MASTER. HIS PAINTINGS HAS BEEN EXHIBITED IN IMPORTANT MUSEUMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS PIECE IS SIGNED BY LEO MANSO ON THE VERSO. IT DATES AROUND THE 1950s. IT DOES NOT DETRACT FROM ITS BEAUTY IN ANY WAY. PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK CITY.

DIMENSIONS: 16" W x 19" H. Leo Manso (1914 - 1993) was active/lived in New York. Leo Manso is known for Abstract-non ob imagery painting, 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, Hirshhorn Museum, National Academy of Design. Co-founder Provincetown Workshop, 1959, taught at Cooper Union, 1947, NY University, 1950, Academia Americana, Dartmouth University, Co-founder of "256" in Provincetown and primary founder of Long Point Gallery, 1977-78. Was active in Provincetown from 1947 on. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, 1947-49, 1953-54, 1962-68.

Provincetown Art Association and Museum. Audubon Artists, 1952 (first prize). University of Illinois, Urbanna Annual, 1950 (award). 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). Whitney Museum of American Art.

Museum of Fine Art, Boston. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. Krannert Museum at the University of Illinois. This item is in the category "Art\Paintings". The seller is "vintagerotty" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada.

Artist: Leo Manso
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Signed By: Leo Manso
Size: Medium
Signed: Yes
Material: Oil On Board
Item Length: 16 in
Region of Origin: New York, USA
Framing: Framed
Subject: Art, Abstract
Personalize: Yes
Type: Painting
Year of Production: 1950
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 19 in
Style: Abstract, Cubism, Expressionism, Modernism
Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
Production Technique: Oil Painting
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Culture: Mid Century Modern Art
Handmade: Yes
Item Width: 16 in
Time Period Produced: 1950-1959