Joseph Solman Figurative Paintings
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.to
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Artist: Joseph Solman
John Begg Jr., Expressionist Oil Painting on Masonite 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 John Begg Jr., the son of the mid-century nuclear family...
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1960s Expressionist Joseph Solman Figurative Paintings
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Oil, Masonite
"Figure Study" Joseph Solman, Blue and Sepia, Pastel Colors Seated Study
By Joseph Solman
Located in New York, NY
Joseph Solman
Figure Study, circa 1959-60
Signed with initials lower left
Gouache on Racing Form newspaper
Sight 9 x 7 inches
Provenance
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Pr...
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1950s Modern Joseph Solman Figurative Paintings
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"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
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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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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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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 Figurative Paintings
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Oil, Board
John Begg Sr., Expressionist Portrait 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 John Begg Sr., the patriarch of the mid-century ...
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1960s Expressionist Joseph Solman Figurative Paintings
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Oil, Canvas
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 Figurative Paintings
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Oil, Masonite
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