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Melville Price
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The history of the New York School painters is still being written, but Melville Price (1920-1970) earned a well-deserved place from the beginning. Price was one of the youngest of the first generation Astract Expressionist circle of painters working in New York after WWII. Though only in his late twenties he began exhibiting in 1948 in New York at Hugo, Bodely, Iolas and Egan galleries. In a 1949 exhibition at Perido galleries, his first solo exhibition, Price was hailed for his breakthrough "Maze Series." A complex interweaving of organic shapes, automatic in nature and sometimes resembling bones or body parts, the "Maze" paintings exuded a pulsating energy that brought him critical acclaim. He received rave reviews in Art Digest, New York Times and the New York Tribune. Price's earliest work was biomorphic opr surrealist in nature, influenced by the automatism of Andre Breton and his school. By 1946, his work began to move away from this style to an all-over, decentralized style which became the "Maze" works and ultimately AbEx works which saw their culmination in the "Black Warrior" series. When the "Club" ws started, Price was invited to join and forged close relationships with other members of the New York School including Fritz Bultman, Giorgio Cavallon, Weldon Kees, Bradley Walker Tomlin, Robert Motherwell, Milton Resnick and Conrad Marca-Relli. In 1951, he was honred to be included in the 9th St.Show, the premier event of the Abstract Expressionist movement. He was close friends with Franz Kline throughout his life. Price died young, at 50 in 1970. After his death, he was honored with retrospective exhibitions at the University of Alabama, the Speed Museum and the Corcoran. He is represented in numerous private and public collections including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Corcoran Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Milwaukee Art Museum. Provenance: Estate of artist, nephew of artist, Phillip Douglas fine art; accompanied by COA from nephew; estate stamped

Creator:
Melville Price (1920-1970, American)
Dimensions:
Height: 41 in (104.14 cm)Width: 30 in (76.2 cm)
Medium:
Canvas,Oil
Movement & Style:
Surrealist
Period:
1940-1949
Condition:
Gallery Location:
East Hampton, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU18122956151

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