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"Bathers, " Brilliant Late Art Deco Folding Screen in Pointillist Manner, 1958
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A vivid example of late Art Deco painting, executed in a pointillist manner, this four-panel screen was created by John Sennhauser, a Swiss-born artist who was active in New York from the 1930s to the 1960s. The screen was retailed by the renowned Charles R. Gracie and Sons, founded in 1898, which has provided fine wallpapers, murals, lamps and other decorative items to New York’s elite. Although best known for a series of abstract paintings influenced by Miro and Kandinsky, Sennhauser also did several sensuous, richly-colored paintings in the 1950s and 1960s, although this is the only screen of its kind known to exist. The artist worked closely with Hilla Rebay, the founding director of the Guggenheim Museum, for two years, and his works were exhibited there as well as the Chicago Institute of Arts, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Corcoran and the Whitney.
- Creator:John Sennhauser (Painter)
- Dimensions:Height: 90 in (228.6 cm)Width: 72 in (182.88 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
- Style:Art Deco (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1958
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- Seller Location:Philadelphia, PA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU86514399483
John Sennhauser
John Sennhauser was born in Switzerland but raised in Italy, where he studied at the Royal Academy in Venice for two years and then in 1928, immigrated to the United States, first earning a living as an architectural draftsman. He studied at the Cooper Union from 1930–33 and then taught at the Leonardo da Vinci Art School from 1936–42 followed by teaching at the Contemporary School of Art in New York. In the late 30s, he began expressing his strong leanings towards Abstraction. In 1943, he took a job at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, working for Hilla Rebay, who became director of the Guggenheim Museum. Sennhauser was known to belong to groups supporting non-objective painting. He was a member of the American Abstract Artists and Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors.
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