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Triptych by Henry Kallem (American, 1912-1985)
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$4400 is the Net Price, on sale from $5500.
Henry Kallem (1912-1985)
Henry Kallem was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1912. He became an abstract painter known for his use of wide brushmarks. Kallem was also a printmaker. Henry Kallem studied with his father, Morris Kallem, a portrait painter. His brother Herbert Kallem was a sculptor.
Henry Kallem's studio was in New York City. He and his associates were a part of a group of modernists who called themselves the 28th Street Group, so named because they hung around the Henry and David Rothman Frame Shop on 28th Street. Kallem and others of this group also spent their summers painting in Provincetown and on Monhegan Island off the Maine coast.
Kallem was a member of the National Society of Painters in Casein. He exhibited widely, including at the Pennsylvania Academy, the 1939 New York World's Fair, and the Pepsi Cola Exhibition of 1947, where he won first prize for his painting "Country Tenement." This award caused consternation because of his abstract style, and "Life" magazine, August 1948, ran an article referencing the award with the headline "Freak Painting Prizes."
Kallem was also a teacher in his studio and in a private school in Roslyn, New York, and at the New York City YWCA.
Source:
Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"
Henry Kallem - Obituary NY Times, published June 26, 1985
Henry Kallem, a New York artist and an abstract expressionist, died of an apparent heart attack Monday at his summer home in Monhegan Island, Me. He was 73 years old.
Mr. Kallem, who lived in the Bronx, was a native of Philadelphia. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and later at the National Academy of Design in New York City. He developed a distinctive style involving triptychs and large compound paintings that he called room dividers. His work is on view in several museums and galleries, including the Corcoran Galleries in Washington and in private collections.
He is survived by his wife, the former Anne Egan; a son, Matthew of the Bronx; and two brothers, Herbert, a New York sculptor, and William of Kenville, Tex.
- Dimensions:Height: 56 in (142.24 cm)Width: 81 in (205.74 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:1960's
- Condition:Very good. Two sides stay open or closed with latch hooks. Original "weatherstripping" borders have been replaced and updated with strips of mirrored sheet-acrylic.
- Seller Location:Hanover, MA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: U1009168866378
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