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Seymour Franks
"Tempole" Seymour Franks, Bright Red and Yellow, Abstract Mid-Century Painting

1948

About the Item

Seymour Franks Tempole, 1948 Signed lower right; signed, dated, titled on verso Oil on canvas 35 x 42 inches American painter and designer, Seymour Franks, was born in New York City in 1916. Seymour Franks contracted polio at the age of 16. Despite this setback, he worked for the WPA and studied at the National Academy of Design in 1937. Early in his career, Franks produced colorful modernist abstractions, later transitioning into abstract expressionism, a path followed by many New York artists of that era. Though much of his youth was spent in hospitals, Franks emerged as a successful artist and designer. He exhibited his work at prestigious venues including the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art in 1944 and 1954, the Whitney Museum of American Art from 1946-48, 1950, and 1952, the Brooklyn Museum in 1949 and 1951, the Art Institute of Chicago in 1947, the Peridot Gallery from 1948, 1950-55, the University of Nebraska in 1951, and the University of Illinois in 1952.
  • Creator:
    Seymour Franks (1916 - 1981, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1948
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 35.5 in (90.17 cm)Width: 42.5 in (107.95 cm)
  • More Editions & Sizes:
    Unique WorkPrice: $6,000
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  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1841216060942

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