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Joseph Solman Art

American, 1909-1908
Brought to America from Russia as a child in 1912, Joseph Solman was a prodigious draftsman and knew, in his earliest teens, that he would be an artist. He went straight from high school to the National Academy of Design, though he says he learned more by sketching in the subway on the way back from school late at night: people “pose perfectly when they’re asleep.” In 1929, Solman saw the inaugural show at the Museum of Modern Art featuring Seurat, Gauguin, Van Gogh, and Cezanne. It changed his life – and his art. Joseph Solman was, with Mark Rothko, the unofficial co-leader of The Ten, a group of expressionist painters who exhibited as the “Whitney Dissenters” at the Mercury Galleries in New York in 1938. A champion of modernism, Solman was elected an editor of Art Front Magazine when its other editors, art historian Meyer Shapiro and critic Harold Rosenberg, were still partial to Social Realism In 1964, The Times, discussing his well-known subway gouaches (done while commuting to his some-time job as a racetrack pari-mutuel clerk), called him a “Pari-Mutuel Picasso.” In 1985, on the occasion of a 50-year retrospective, The Washington Post wrote: “It appears to have dawned, at last, on many collectors that this is art that has already stood the acid test of time.” We had the pleasure of the meeting the artist a few times at his home which was over the original Second Avenue Deli in the East Village.
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The Red Beard

The Red Beard

By Joseph Solman

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Joseph Solman, American (1909 - 2008) Title: The Red Beard Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed Size: 20.25 x 12 inches Frame Size: 30 x 22 inches

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1960s Color-Field Joseph Solman Art

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Oil

Marian Begg, Expressionist Oil on Masonite Portrait Painting by Joseph Solman
Marian Begg, Expressionist Oil on Masonite Portrait Painting by Joseph Solman

Marian Begg, Expressionist Oil on Masonite Portrait Painting by Joseph Solman

By Joseph Solman

Located in Long Island City, NY

In the mid-1960s Joseph Solman (American, 1909 - 2008) was commissioned to create portraits of the Begg family. This is a portrait of Marian Begg, the mother in the mid-century nuclear family...

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1960s Expressionist Joseph Solman Art

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Oil, Masonite

"Portrait of a Woman, Seated" by Joseph Solman
"Portrait of a Woman, Seated" by Joseph Solman

"Portrait of a Woman, Seated" by Joseph Solman

By Joseph Solman

Located in Wiscasset, ME

Oil on canvas, signed with initials center left. Measures 32" x 23.5" including the frame. Provenance: ACA Galleries, NYC Bradbury Art and Antiques, Wiscasset, Maine Brought to Am...

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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Joseph Solman Art

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Paint

NYC Street & Interior Scene 1940’s American Scene Modern WPA Still Life Realism
NYC Street & Interior Scene 1940’s American Scene Modern WPA Still Life Realism

NYC Street & Interior Scene 1940’s American Scene Modern WPA Still Life Realism

By Joseph Solman

Located in New York, NY

Joseph Solman 1940’s Oil on Masonite signed JS lower left 20x12 inches image size 26x18 inches with frame Good condition Private collection NYC Painting depicts a fantastic NYC Bri...

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1930s American Realist Joseph Solman Art

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Oil, Acrylic

Old Fire Wagon, Monotype
Old Fire Wagon, Monotype

Old Fire Wagon, Monotype

By Joseph Solman

Located in Surfside, FL

Joseph Solman (1909-2008), a New York expressionist painter, hovered near the leading edge of the avant garde through most of his career, yet his works never departed entirely from r...

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20th Century Modern Joseph Solman Art

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Monotype

Interior Mid 20th Century American Scene Modern WPA Still Life Realism
Interior Mid 20th Century American Scene Modern WPA Still Life Realism

Interior Mid 20th Century American Scene Modern WPA Still Life Realism

By Joseph Solman

Located in New York, NY

Joseph Solman 1930’s Oil on Masonite 19x25 inches image size 25x31 inches with frame overall good condition Signed mid lower left JS Private Collection New York Image depicts a WPA ...

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1930s American Realist Joseph Solman Art

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Oil, Acrylic

Portrait of a Seated Woman
Portrait of a Seated Woman

Portrait of a Seated Woman

By Joseph Solman

Located in Wiscasett, ME

Oil on canvas, signed with initials center left. Measures 32" x 23.5" including the frame. Provenance: ACA Galleries, NYC Bradbury Art and Antiques, Wiscasset, Maine Brought to...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Joseph Solman Art

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Oil

"Garage in Provincetown" Joseph Solman, Urban Landscape by Expressionist Artist
"Garage in Provincetown" Joseph Solman, Urban Landscape by Expressionist Artist

"Garage in Provincetown" Joseph Solman, Urban Landscape by Expressionist Artist

By Joseph Solman

Located in New York, NY

Joseph Solman Garage in Provincetown Signed with initials lower right Graphite on paper 8 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches Joseph Solman was born in 1909 in Vitebsk, in what is now Belarus, the...

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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Joseph Solman Art

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Paper, Graphite

Oil Painting Interior Scene Chair w Chinese Rug Joseph Solman American Art WPA
Oil Painting Interior Scene Chair w Chinese Rug Joseph Solman American Art WPA

Oil Painting Interior Scene Chair w Chinese Rug Joseph Solman American Art WPA

By Joseph Solman

Located in Surfside, FL

Joseph Solman (1909-2008), Chair with Chinese Rug, oil paint on masonite, initialed JS on recto, titled and signed "J.S." verso, Dimensions 14" x 10" Framed to 21 X 17 Provenance...

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20th Century Modern Joseph Solman Art

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Oil, Board

American Abstract Color Monotype Painting Tar Cart #2 Joseph Solman WPA Artist
American Abstract Color Monotype Painting Tar Cart #2 Joseph Solman WPA Artist

American Abstract Color Monotype Painting Tar Cart #2 Joseph Solman WPA Artist

By Joseph Solman

Located in Surfside, FL

"Tar Cart #2" by Joseph Solman (American, 1909-2008) Hand signed recto Joseph Solman (January 25, 1909 – April 16, 2008) was a Jewish American painter, a founder of The Ten, a group...

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20th Century American Modern Joseph Solman Art

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Monotype

Monhegan Cove, Impressionist Gouache Painting by Joseph Solman 1937
Monhegan Cove, Impressionist Gouache Painting by Joseph Solman 1937

Monhegan Cove, Impressionist Gouache Painting by Joseph Solman 1937

By Joseph Solman

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Joseph Solman, American (1909 - ) Title: Monhegan Cove Year: 1937 Medium: Gouache on black paper, signed and dated l.c. Size: 8.5 x 12 inches Frame Size: 18 x 22 inches

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1930s Color-Field Joseph Solman Art

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Gouache

Provincetown Dock, Modern Gouache Painting by Joseph Solman 1962
Provincetown Dock, Modern Gouache Painting by Joseph Solman 1962

Provincetown Dock, Modern Gouache Painting by Joseph Solman 1962

By Joseph Solman

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Joseph Solman, American (1909 - ) Title: Provincetown Dock Year: 1962 Medium: Gouache on black paper, signed and dated l.c. Size: 9 x 11.5 inches Frame Size: 19 x 22 inches

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1960s Color-Field Joseph Solman Art

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Gouache

"Rail Yard" Urban Industrial WPA American Scene Drawing NYC Mid-Century
"Rail Yard" Urban Industrial WPA American Scene Drawing NYC Mid-Century

"Rail Yard" Urban Industrial WPA American Scene Drawing NYC Mid-Century

By Joseph Solman

Located in New York, NY

"Rail Yard" Urban Industrial WPA American Scene Drawing NYC Mid-Century. Initialed "JS" upper right Solman was a pivotal figure in the development of 20th century American art. He ...

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1930s American Modern Joseph Solman Art

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Paper, Gouache

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