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Hand signed lower left recto and hand signed verso. Norman Carton (1908 – 1980) was an American artist and educator known for abstract expressionist art. He was born in the Ukraine region of Imperial Russia and moved to the United States in 1922 where he spent most of his adult life. A classically trained portrait and landscape artist, Carton also worked as a drafter, newspaper illustrator, muralist, theater set designer, photographer, and fabric designer and spent most of his mature life as an art educator. Carton showed in and continues to be shown in many solo and group exhibitions. His work is included in numerous museums and private collections throughout the world. Norman Carton was born in the Dnieper Ukraine territory of the Russian Empire in 1908. Escaping the turbulence of civil war massacres, he settled in Philadelphia in 1922 after years of constant flight. While attending the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art, Carton worked as a newspaper artist for the Philadelphia Record from 1928 to 1930 in the company of other illustrator/artists who had founded the Ashcan School, the beginnings of modern American art. From 1930 to 1935, he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts under Henry McCarter, who was a pupil of Toulouse-Lautrec, Puvis de Chavanne, and Thomas Eakins. Arthur Carles, especially with his sense of color, and the architect John Harbison also provided tutelage and inspiration. Following his time at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Carton studied at the Barnes Foundation from 1935 to 1936 where he was influenced by an intellectual climate led by visiting lecturers John Dewey and Bertrand Russell as well as daily access to Albert C. Barnes and his art collection. Carton was awarded the Cresson Traveling Scholarship in 1934 which allowed him to travel through Europe and study in Paris. There he expanded his artistic horizons with influences stemming from Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Chaim Soutine, and Wassily Kandinsky. While at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Carton was also awarded the Toppan Prize for figure painting as well as the Thouron Composition Prize. He received numerous commissions as a portrait artist, social realist, sculptor, and theatrical stage designer as well as academic scholarships. During this time, Carton worked as a scenery designer at Sparks Scenic Studios, a drafter at the Philadelphia Enameling Works, and a fine art lithographer. From 1939 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project employed Carton as a muralist and easel artist. He collaborated with architect George Howe...

Hajime Sorayama (Japan, b. 1947) Medium: PVC (vinyl), silvered chrome resin Dimensions: 60 × 23 × 15 cm Approximately 23.5 x 9 x 6 inches. Produced by APPortfolio and Nanzuka A Tyra...

Subject: Figures Medium: Other, Charcoal Surface: Paper Country: United States Dimensions w/Frame: 27 1/4" x 20 1/4" without frame 15.25" X22.75" EDUCATION New York Studio School of ...

Genre: Judaica Subject: Religious Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: Israel Dimensions: 20" x 16" x 3/4" Dimensions w/Frame: 27 1/4" x 23 1/2" Savu Petra Dan (born 1903 in Buchare...

Yankel Ginzburg, Kazakastani/American (1945 - ) Genre: Modern Subject: People Medium: Lithograph Surface: Paper Dimensions w/Frame: 19 1/2" x 16" Yankel Ginzburg Yankel Ginzburg was...

Signed lower center left. In Brown Composition by Nissan Engel the artist incorporates blocks of color with painted collage elements and non-traditional art materials such as printe...

In artist's hand painted frame. signed and dated. Genre: Modern Subject: Landscape Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: United States Dimensions w/Frame: 23" x 30.25" The imagery o...

Genre: Modern Subject: Landscape Medium: Oil Surface: Board Country: United States Dimensions: 30" x 22" EMANUEL ROMANO Rome, Italy, b. 1897, d. 1984 Emanuel Glicenstein Romano was...

Genre: Judaica Subject: People Medium: Oil Surface: Board Country: United States Dimensions w/Frame: 25 1/4 x 21 1/4 Freda Leibovitz REITER (1919-1986), born in Philadelphia, PA, wa...

Murray S. Greenfield Art Gallery (label on verso). Genre: Modern Subject: People Medium: Oil Surface: Board Country: Israel Dimensions: 9 1/2" x 13" Dimensions w/Frame:16.75" x 20.25"

God, Keeper, and Maker of all Air Tola-Kina. Figural Abstract Gouache Watercolor Painting.

Moshe Chauski (b. 1935) Born in Lithuania, Chauski studied at the Vilna Academy. He received the first prize for young artists in 1953. He immigrated to Israel in 1959 and taught...