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.

Artist: Michael Loew

Michael Loew"Concert" Early 20th Century WPA Modernism American City Landscape Scene Ashcan, 1928

$7,500

"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...

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1920s American Modern Michael Loew Art

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Canvas, Oil

Michael LoewMural Study 1933 Depression Era Mid-Century WPA Modern American Scene Drawing, 1933

$7,500

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,...

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1930s American Modern Michael Loew Art

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Egg Tempera, Board

Michael LoewWPA Mural Study 1940 American Scene Modern Social Realism Figurative Mid Century, 1940

$12,500

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 ...

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1940s American Realist Michael Loew Art

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Canvas, Oil

Michael LoewBLUE EDGE 20th century oil painting Abstract 60s color field by Michael Loew, 1967

$15,000

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...

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1960s Color-Field Michael Loew Art

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Canvas, Oil

Lester J. AmbroseGod Bless Our Home, Social Realist Scene, Figurative Americana Interior Scene, 1930's

$2,300Sale Price|50% Off

H 24 in W 28 in D 2 in

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...

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1930s American Realist Michael Loew Art

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Canvas, Oil

Fritz KeckInterior J&L Works, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania American Industrial Scene Painting, Unknown

$4,800

H 22 in W 26 in D 1 in

Interior J&L Works, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania American Industrial Scene Painting

Located in Marco Island, FL

An interior scene of industrial America where workers kept the production of steel going in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This detailed and atmospheric painting shows the hard work and ...

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20th Century American Realist Michael Loew Art

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Oil, Board

Paul G. Oxborough"Hotel Chelsea" New York interior painting by Paul Oxborough, 2025

$150,000

H 39 in W 61 in

"Hotel Chelsea" New York interior painting by Paul Oxborough

By Paul G. Oxborough

Located in Greenwich, CT

Signed lower right Unframed dimensions: 30 x 52 inches Framed dimensions: 39 x 61 inches Paul G. Oxborough studied at Minneapolis College of Art and Design and Atelier Lesueur, a 4...

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2010s American Realist Michael Loew Art

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Linen, Oil

Elburt McGran Jackson (Untitled) A Scandalous Tea with a Stranger in Leiderstein, 1935

$17,500

H 22.75 in W 45.75 in D 2 in

(Untitled) A Scandalous Tea with a Stranger in Leiderstein

Located in San Francisco, CA

In the depths of the Great Depression, American women sought escape from their worries. For 25¢,“Hearst’s International Cosmopolitan” magazine delivered. The magazine published ficti...

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1930s American Realist Michael Loew Art

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Canvas, Oil

Francis ChapinA Serene 1940s, Modern Western Landscape Painting with Horses by Francis Chapin, circa 1940

$2,800

H 25 in W 31 in D 1.5 in

A Serene 1940s, Modern Western Landscape Painting with Horses by Francis Chapin

By Francis Chapin

Located in Chicago, IL

A serene, 1940s Modern Western landscape painting with horses by famed Chicago artist, Francis Chapin. Accompanied with a handsome walnut brown stained wooden frame. Canvas size: 22 x 28 inches. Framed size: 25 x 31 inches. Estate stamped on reverse. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of Chicago Painters” by his colleagues, was one of the city’s most popular and celebrated painters in his day. Born at the dawn of the 20th Century in Bristolville, Ohio, Chapin graduated from Washington and Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. He would set down deep roots at the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibiting there over 31 times between 1926 and 1951. In 1927 Chapin won the prestigious Bryan Lathrop Fellowship from the Art Institute – a prize that funded the artist’s yearlong study trip to Europe. Upon his return to the United States, Chapin decided to remain in Chicago, noting the freedom Chicago artists have in developing independently of the pressure to conform to pre-existing molds (as was experienced by artists in New York, for example). Chapin became a popular instructor at the Art Institute, teaching there from 1929 to 1947 and at the Art Institute’s summer art school in Saugatuck, Michigan (now called Oxbow) between 1934 – 1938 (he was the director of the school from 1941-1945). Chapin’s contemporaries among Chicago’s artists included such luminaries as Ivan Le Lorraine Albright...

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1940s American Modern Michael Loew Art

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage American Modernist Large Color Field Abstract Framed Oil Painting, 1970

$2,995

H 51 in W 31 in D 2 in

Vintage American Modernist Large Color Field Abstract Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Vintage American modernist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 51 by 131 inches overall. Handsomely framed in mini...

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1960s Color-Field Michael Loew Art

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Oil, Canvas

Louis CentofantiMid Century Modern Jazz Ensemble -- The Band Box Quartet, Signed, 1950

$2,650

H 40 in W 28 in D 3 in

Mid Century Modern Jazz Ensemble -- The Band Box Quartet, Signed

Located in Soquel, CA

Mid Century Modern Jazz Quartet Figurative -- "The Band Box" Signed A vivid, mid-century modernist interpretation of a jazz ensemble by Louis M. Centofanti (American, 1921-2018). "B...

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1950s American Modern Michael Loew Art

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Frances RinaldoThe Artist's Apartment - Mid-Century Fauvist Interior Scene, Oil on Canvas 48x48, 1968

$3,550

H 48 in W 48 in D 0.75 in

The Artist's Apartment - Mid-Century Fauvist Interior Scene, Oil on Canvas 48x48

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...

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1960s American Modern Michael Loew Art

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Edward Zutrau"Untitled" Edward Zutrau, Color Field, Orange, Gray and Blue Modernist Work, 1958

$3,750

H 9 in W 10.75 in

"Untitled" Edward Zutrau, Color Field, Orange, Gray and Blue Modernist Work

By Edward Zutrau

Located in New York, NY

Edward Zutrau Untitled, 1958 Signed and dated "10/25/58" on the reverse Oil on canvas 9 x 10 3/4 inches Edward Zutrau (1922–1993) was an American painter whose career spanned from ...

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1950s Color-Field Michael Loew Art

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Canvas, Oil

Dorothy Eisner“Washington Square Park, 1938” NYC Social Realism Female American Artist Oil, 1938

$13,500

H 40.5 in W 50.5 in D 3 in

“Washington Square Park, 1938” NYC Social Realism Female American Artist Oil

By Dorothy Eisner

Located in Yardley, PA

An exceptional, large, early work by American artist Dorothy Eisner (1906-1984). This painting was recently exhibited at Gracie Mansion in 2019 as part of “She Persists” - a show de...

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1930s American Modern Michael Loew Art

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Canvas, Oil

Theresa Bernstein"Circus, Madison Square Garden" Theresa Bernstein, Interior Scene, Bright, Crowd, 1936

$32,000

H 36 in W 44 in

"Circus, Madison Square Garden" Theresa Bernstein, Interior Scene, Bright, Crowd

By Theresa Bernstein

Located in New York, NY

Theresa Bernstein Circus, Madison Square Garden, 1936 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 28 x 36 inches Provenance The artist Private Collection (acquired from the above) Exhibited N...

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1930s American Modern Michael Loew Art

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Canvas, Oil

Francis ChapinA Stylish Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Seated Young Woman in a Pink Dress, Circa 1940

$1,600

H 24.5 in W 23.75 in D 2 in

A Stylish Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Seated Young Woman in a Pink Dress

By Francis Chapin

Located in Chicago, IL

A stylish, colorful Mid-Century Modern portrait of a seated young woman in a pink dress by famed Chicago Modern artist, Francis Chapin. A fashionably dressed, young model is seated ...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Michael Loew Art

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Canvas, Oil

Albert Heckman"Cubist Landscape" Albert Heckman, American Modernism, Woodstock, Earth Tones, circa 1940s

$6,000

H 16 in W 20 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...

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1940s American Modern Michael Loew Art

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Canvas, Oil

Walter Burt AdamsA 1930s Modern Street Scene of St. Charles Street, New Orleans, Exhibited- AIC, circa 1938

$3,800

H 26.5 in W 31.5 in D 1.5 in

A 1930s Modern Street Scene of St. Charles Street, New Orleans, Exhibited- AIC

By Walter Burt Adams

Located in Chicago, IL

A Colorful 1930s Modern Street Scene of St. Charles Street, New Orleans by Notable Chicago Artist, Walter Burt Adams (Am. 1903-1990). A vibrant, painterly view of a sunlit street corner and store front in the historic Garden District of New Orleans, Louisiana. Completed in 1938 during one of the artist's painting trips to New Orleans, and most likely painted in the quiet morning hours, a favored time to paint by the artist. A wonderful example of Walter Burt Adams renowned Urban Realism of the 1930s and '40s, inspired by the artwork of fellow American painter, Edward Hopper. Exhibited: "The 42nd Annual Exhibition of Artists of Chicago and Vicinity", Art Institute of Chicago (AIC), Chicago, IL, 1938, #4. Artwork size: 20 x 25 inches, oil on canvas, accompanied with the artist's original frame (framed size: 26 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches). Signed and dated Walter Burt Adams 38, lower left; signed and dated on reverse. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Walter Burt Adams was a dedicated painter of the American Scene and a singular personality among his peers in the Chicago Modern Art community. His no-nonsense manner, devotion to his craft and sardonic sense of humor characterize a man whose paintings capture life in and around Chicago between the early 1920s and the late 1970s. Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin just after the turn of the last century, Walter Burt Adams spent his childhood in Fargo, North Dakota and began his artistic education there through a correspondence cartooning class as a boy. After finishing high school in Fargo, Adams moved to Chicago in 1922 in order to enroll at the school of the Art Institute of Chicago. Adams’ instruction at the school with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky...

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1930s American Modern Michael Loew Art

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Canvas, Oil

Mala Breuer3.21.94, Color-Field Abstract Painting, Oil and Wax on Canvas, 72x72, signed, 1994

$21,500

H 72 in W 72 in

3.21.94, Color-Field Abstract Painting, Oil and Wax on Canvas, 72x72, signed

By Mala Breuer

Located in Phoenix, AZ

oil and wax on canvas 1927 - 2017 Mala Breuer grew up attending classes in painting and drawing from a young age at the California College of Arts and Crafts. After high school she...

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1990s Color-Field Michael Loew Art

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Canvas, Wax, Oil

Previously Available Items

Michael Loew"Refugees" Mexican American Oil Painting Depression Era WPA Mid-Century Modern, 1937

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H 28 in W 33 in D 1 in

"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...

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1930s American Modern Michael Loew Art

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Canvas, Oil

Michael LoewRed Above Blue, 1966, 1966

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H 59 in W 33 in D 1 in

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...

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1960s Hard-Edge Michael Loew Art

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Linen, Acrylic

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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.