Michael Loew Art
American, 1907-1985
Michael Loew was born on May 8, 1907 and was the son of a New York City baker. After high school, he was an apprentice to a stained-glass maker and from 1926–29, he studied at the Art Students League. In 1929, he traveled to Paris, North Africa, Germany and Italy with a group of artists, including Max Schnitzler and Alfred Jensen. When he returned to New York City in 1931, the Great Depression hit Loew unexpectedly and for the next two years, he paid his apartment rent with his paintings. In 1935, he found work with the Works Progress Administration where he painted murals and partnered up with longtime friend Willem de Kooning in 1939 on a mural for the Hall of Pharmacy at the New York World's Fair. Their friendship lasted for the rest of their lives and in fact, Loew met his wife Mildred through a friend of de Kooning's. He traveled to Mexico in the late 1930s. Loew had a strong interest in artists' rights and activism and as president of the Artists Union, he led a protest which involved artists chaining themselves to poles in Union Square. After Pearl Harbor, Loew joined the Navy and served as the battalion artist for the Seabees in the Pacific. When he returned in 1946, his painting moved quickly toward abstraction. From 1947–49, he studied post-cubism at the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts. In 1948, he joined the Spiral Group, an organization of artists devoted to the exhibition of experimental art. The Artists Gallery in New York hosted his first one-man show in 1949 and one year later, he enrolled at the Atelier Léger in Paris. In 1956, he began teaching in the United States. By 1985 he had been an instructor at the Portland Museum School, University of California at Berkeley and the School of Visual Arts. His works are in the collections of prominent institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Guggenheim Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He died on November 14, 1985, in New York.
to
1
1
2
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
4
1
1
1
1
2
3
1
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
3
3
3
1
10
9,475
2,689
1,375
1,358
2
1
4
Artist: Michael Loew
"Concert" Early 20th Century WPA Modernism American City Landscape Scene Ashcan
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
"Concert" Early 20th Century WPA Modernism American City Landscape Scene Ashcan
The size of the canvas 28 3/4 x 43 1/4 inches. The painting comes directly from the artist's estate. It is signed lower right as well as signed, titled and dated verso.
We have available more than two dozen paintings and works on paper from the 1930s - 80s that come directly from the Loew estate.
BIO
Michael Loew (1907 – 1985) was the son of a New York City baker. After high school, he was an apprentice to a stained-glass maker, and from 1926-1929, he studied at the Art Students League. In 1929, he traveled to Paris, North Africa, Germany, and Italy with a group of artists. When he returned to New York City in 1931, the Great Depression hit Loew unexpectedly, and for the next two years he paid his apartment rent with his paintings. In 1935, he found work with the WPA where he painted murals and partnered up with longtime friend Willem de Kooning in 1939 on a mural for the Hall of Pharmacy at the New York World’s Fair. Their friendship lasted for the rest of their lives. In the mid-30’s he painted in Mexico and the Yucatán documenting the construction of a U.S. Naval airbase on Tinian Island. It was from this airbase that the Enola...
Category
1920s American Modern Michael Loew Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
WPA Mural Study 1940 American Scene Modern Social Realism Figurative Mid Century
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
WPA Mural Study 1940 American Scene Modern Social Realism Figurative Mid Century
Michael Loew (1907-1985)
Detail for Mural (Social Security Building Washington D.C.)
24 x 24 inches ...
Category
1940s American Realist Michael Loew Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
BLUE EDGE 20th century oil painting Abstract 60s color field by Michael Loew
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
This painting is sold with a Certificate of Authenticity from the Estate of Michael Loew.
In the late 1920s Michael Loew was enrolled at the Art Student’s League and later was in France where he studied with Fernand Leger. Loew was close and longtime friends with Wilem de Kooning who influenced his work. After Pearl Harbor, Loew joined the Navy...
Category
1960s Color-Field Michael Loew Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mural Study 1933 Depression Era Mid-Century WPA Modern American Scene Drawing
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
Mural Study 1933 Depression Era Mid-Century WPA Modern American Scene Drawing.
Study to Scale Mural Sketch for “Evolution of Textile Production” East. All,...
Category
1930s American Modern Michael Loew Art
Materials
Egg Tempera, Board
Related Items
God Bless Our Home, Social Realist Scene, Figurative Americana Interior Scene
Located in Doylestown, PA
"God Bless Our Home" is an interior and figurative scene of a woman sitting on her couch in serious and proper expression. The Americana style paint...
Category
1930s American Realist Michael Loew Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,300 Sale Price
50% Off
H 24 in W 28 in D 2 in
Underwater Portrait of a Female Swimmer – Oil Painting in Oceanic Blue Tones
By Sula Repani
Located in FISTERRA, ES
A surreal underwater portrait by Sula Repani, this painting captures the striking presence of a female swimmer gliding in silence through deep blue waters. Her face, calm yet intense...
Category
2010s Color-Field Michael Loew Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,110 Sale Price
20% Off
H 28.75 in W 21.26 in D 1.19 in
"Cubist Landscape" Albert Heckman, American Modernism, Woodstock, Earth Tones
By Albert Heckman
Located in New York, NY
Albert Heckman
Cubist Landscape
Oil on canvas
16 x 20 inches
Albert Heckman was born in Meadville, Western Pennsylvania, 1893. He went to New York City to try his hand at the art w...
Category
1940s American Modern Michael Loew Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Coney Island, Fourth of July
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Coney Island, Fourth of July, c. 1940s, oil on canvas applied to Masonite, signed upper right, 26 x 21 1/2 inches, presented in its original frame
During the 1930s and 40s, Coney I...
Category
1940s American Modern Michael Loew Art
Materials
Board, Oil, Canvas
Doctor's Office. Mid-Century American Scene Oil Painting Youngstown, OH.
Located in Marco Island, FL
An anxious moment waiting to see the doctor is depicted by Clyde Singer in this quiet and still painting. Entitled Doctor's Office (1949), Singer paints a moment of anticipation and...
Category
1940s American Realist Michael Loew Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Hotel Night Lobby. Large Mid-Century American Oil Painting.
Located in Marco Island, FL
A long and quiet night in the hotel lobby is depicted by Clyde Singer in this moody and still painting. Entitled Hotel Night Lobby (1947), Singer paints a moment of solitude during ...
Category
1940s American Realist Michael Loew Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Artist's Apartment Mid-Century Fauvist Interior Scene Original Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
The Artist's Apartment Mid-Century Fauvist Interior Scene Original Oil on Canvas
Vibrant interior scene by Santa Cruz California artist Frances Rinaldo (American, b. 1943). A bright...
Category
1960s American Modern Michael Loew Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$3,550
H 48 in W 48 in D 0.75 in
"Everyone Has Gone, " an Abstract Oil on Canvas signed by Deidre Schanen
By Deirdre Schanen
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Everyone Has Gone" is an abstract oil painting on canvas by Deirdre Schanen. Working in the color-field tradition established by such artists as Helen Frankenthaler and Mark Rothko,...
Category
Early 2000s Color-Field Michael Loew Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"One Thousand Words" - Surreal Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold figurative work by Richard Cronin (American, b. 1952). Two figures stand on a patio, turned away from each other. The figures and scene are rendere...
Category
1970s American Modern Michael Loew Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
RFD#1
By Dale Nichols
Located in Los Angeles, CA
RFD #1, 1937, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, titled verso, 24 x 30 inches
Iowa had Grant Wood. Missouri had Thomas Hart Benton. Kansas had John Steuart Curry. And, Neb...
Category
1930s American Modern Michael Loew Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modern Figurative -- Hayley in the Sunroom
By Patricia Gren Hayes
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern interior/figurative painting of red-haired woman "Hayley" seated in sunroom by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 1932), Circa 1975.
Signed on verso, "Hayley" written on edge
Provenance: Purchased as part of larger collection of artist's work
Unframed.
Canvas size: 30"H x 440"W.
Patricia Gren Hayes (American, b. 1932) is a Bay Area Figurative & Feminist Art Movement artist who studied at Winnipeg Public Art School in 1950. She received early recognition in Museum and Gallery competitions and exhibitions and was awarded a Special Education in Art recognition by the Winnipeg Museum of Fine Art, and was awarded a scholarship to the Banff College of Fine Art. Further studies were at The University of Manitoba.
She was a Member of Winnipeg Free Press Sketch Club and was a Cartoonist and paste-up for a French-English bi-weekly, in Eastern Canada;
She studied outdoor impressionism in New York in 1960; in 1962, attended The California College of Arts and Crafts, and in 1976 B.A., U.C. Berkeley where she studied under Elmer Bischoff, David Simpson, Joan Brown, Felix Ruvolo, Yolanda Lopez and Vincent Perez.
She started a freelance commercial art business in 1963; copyrighted a National Cartoon, 1976, and served as Exhibition Director for San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976-1978. She was a workshop instructor at the San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery, 1977-1985; and was Manager/Owner Stanton Art Gallery, Alameda, CA, 1976-1982.
Solo Exhibitions:
Berkeley Marina, 1974;
Oakland Center for The Visual Arts, "Images of Women", 1979
Group Exhibitions:
Oakland's Dept of Education, 1963, Studio One;
Alameda County Fair, 1975, 1976, 1978;
San Francisco Art Festival, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1978;
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976, 1977, 1978;
San Francisco Women Artists Gallery Exhibition, award winner - 1970, 1977, 1978;
Hayward Bay Fair Art Festival, award winner - 1971;
Capricorn Assunder Gallery, 1973;
Oakland Art Festival, 1973, 1974;
Alameda Art Association, 1978;
El Cerrito...
Category
1970s American Modern Michael Loew Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Spring" Milton Derr, Lyrical Modernist Landscape, Bright Green and Blue Hues
Located in New York, NY
Milton Derr
Spring, 1982
Signed lower right; titled and dated verso
Oil on canvas
26 x 28 inches
Provenance
Acquired by descent from the artist to the present owner
Milton Derr wa...
Category
1980s American Modern Michael Loew Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$4,000 Sale Price
20% Off
H 26 in W 28 in
Previously Available Items
"Refugees" Mexican American Oil Painting Depression Era WPA Mid-Century Modern
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
"Refugees" Mexican American Oil Painting Depression Era WPA Mid-Century Modern.
The Whitney Museum's current exhibition, VIDA AMERICA, prompts us to share this Michael Loew work, which he painted in Mexico in 1937.
The 28 x 33 inch oil on canvas is unframed.
You may already be familiar with Michael Loew for his abstract expressionist works. But earlier in his career, he worked for the WPA and in the late 1930's he traveled to Mexico.
We are currently working with the Loew estate which owns many photographs he took in Mexico and the diaries of his time there. We can share lots of details.
This particular painting, Refugees, was in the artist's estate when he died in 1985 and has been in storage since that time. It is in fine vintage condition.
There is some paint loss but the colors are vibrant and it will restore beautifully.
This painting, and other works by Loew, are available.
Michael Loew was born in 1907 and was the son of a New York City baker. After high school, he was an apprentice to a stained-glass maker, and from 1926-1929, he studied at the Art Student's League.
In 1929, he traveled to Paris, North Africa, Germany, and Italy with a group of artists, including Max Schnitzler...
Category
1930s American Modern Michael Loew Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red Above Blue, 1966
By Michael Loew
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Michael Loew (1907-1985). Red Above Blue, 1966. Acrylic on canvas, 39 x 56 inches. Signed lower right. Signed, titled and dated en verso. Excellent condition.
Biography:
Michael Loew was born in 1907 and was the son of a New York City baker. After high school, he was an apprentice to a stained-glass maker, and from 1926-1929, he studied at the Art Student’s League.
In 1929, he traveled to Paris, North Africa, Germany, and Italy with a group of artists, including Max Schnitzler...
Category
1960s Hard-Edge Michael Loew Art
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Michael Loew art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Michael Loew art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of red and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Michael Loew in ink, india ink, paint and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the abstract style. Not every interior allows for large Michael Loew art, so small editions measuring 6 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of André Lhote, Bela Kadar, and Miette Braive. Michael Loew art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $2,500 and tops out at $35,000, while the average work can sell for $4,000.