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Peter LoweDragon Boats Chinese New Year San Francisco Bay Area Original Oil on Canvas 19601960
1960
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Dragon Boats Chinese New Year San Francisco Bay Area Original Oil on Canvas 1960s
A seminal abstract expressionist work by Peter Lowe (American, 1916-1922). A fun and heavy impasto painting of Chinese New Year revelers in Dragon Boats, swirls of colors and abstraction creates a tumultuous vision of the excitement and action.
Image, 25.25"H x 35.25"W x 1"D
Signed upper right Peter Lowe '60 - 1977 Evidently begun in 1960 and work resumed on the piece in 1977. Years of the Dragon were 1952, 1964, 1976.
Peter Lowe studied Chinese Buddhist Sculpture in Southern China, 1916-1922; attended California School of Fine Arts; and studied painting with fellow Chinese Americans at Carpenter's Hall, San Francisco. Lowe was apart of the Works Progress Administration mural project, along with Herman Volz, Robert McChesney and John Saccaro, working on the design and painting of Federal Building Murals and the mosaic at Fine Arts Building, Treasure Island, for the Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939-1940. Lowe was an elected member of the San Francisco Art Association, 1946.
Selected Exhibitions: 60th Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1940; 62nd Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1942; 65th Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1945;
Literature: Susan Landauer, The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism and San Francisco and The Second Wave - The Blair Collection of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism
Source:
David J Carlson, Carlson Gallery, California. Carlson's specialty is Post-World War II California artists, and he is preparing a catalogue for a 2004 traveling exhibition of these artists to several California museums.
- Creator:Peter Lowe (1938, British)
- Creation Year:1960
- Dimensions:Height: 25.25 in (64.14 cm)Width: 35.25 in (89.54 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Condition:Very good, some paint losses to top to left edges, repaired and retouched. Professionally cleaned with UV protective varnish applied.
- Gallery Location:Soquel, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: RJA 94741stDibs: LU54214955782
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