Abstract Expressionism Painting 1950s from the collection of Studio MGH

Abstract Expressionism Painting 1950s, c. 1950

Gouache

14.25 x 9.75 x 1 in

Inv: RO(2)5-1

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Ruth Opper
Musical Abstract
c.1950s
Abstract Expressionism
Gouache Painting
9 3/4" x 14 1/4", Unframed
Signed Ruth in paint lower right

Excellent Condition - Minor wear consistent with age and history

From the estate of Ruth Friedmann Opper & Jerry Opper. Ruth was the daughter of Bauhaus artist, Gustav Friedmann.

San Francisco Abstract Expression

A free-spirited wave of creative energy swept through the San Francisco art community after World War II. Challenging accepted modes of painting, Abstract Expressionists produced highly experimental works that jolted the public out of its postwar complacency.

Abstract Expressionism resulted from a broad collective impulse rather than the inspiration of a small band of New York artists. Documenting the interchanges between the East and West Coasts, she cites areas of mutual influence and shows the impact of San Francisco on the New York School, including artists such as Mark Rothko and Ad Reinhardt. San Francisco's Beat poets, Dixieland jazz musicians, and the area's stunning vistas were essential parts of Abstract Expressionism, as were artistic and spiritual contacts with Asia.

Under Douglas MacAgy and Clyfford Still, the California School of Fine Arts became the undisputed center of vanguard abstraction on the West Coast. Artists such as Edward Corbett, Jay DeFeo, James Budd Dixon, Frank Lobdell, and Hassel Smith produced gritty, provocative images whose impact extended well beyond California.

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