LEO MANSO ANTIQUE MODERN ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING OLD VINTAGE 1950s

Description: BEAUTIFUL ANTIQUE MID-CENTURY MODERN ABSTRACT OIL PAINTING ON BOARD BY REVERED AWARD-WINNING NEW YORK PAINTER LEO MANSO. (American 1914-1993). THIS WORK DEPICTS A WARM, LYRICAL ABSTRACT COMPOSITION BEAUTIFULLY RENDERED IN THE TONALIST MODERNIST STYLE. SIMPLY AMAZING. LEO MANSO IS CONSIDERED A MODERNIST MASTER. HIS PAINTINGS HAS BEEN EXHIBITED IN IMPORTANT MUSEUMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THIS PIECE IS SIGNED BY LEO MANSO ON THE VERSO. IT DATES AROUND THE 1950s. GOOD OVERALL CONDITION. MILD WEAR, AS SHOWN. IT DOES NOT DETRACT FROM ITS BEAUTY IN ANY WAY. PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK CITY. DIMENSIONS: 16” W x 19” H Leo Manso (1914 - 1993) was active/lived in New York. Leo Manso is known for Abstract-non ob imagery painting, collage. Studied: National Academy of Design, New School for Social Research w/Camillo Egas. Member of National Academy of Design (1985, National Academician). Exhibited at: PAFA (1947-49, 53,54, 62-68), with American Abstract Artists, 1948, PAAM, 1948 (with Hofmann, Pollock, Gottlieb, Knaths), Audubon Artists (1952, first prize, oil), American Academy & Institute of Arts and Letters NYC (award), University of Illinois, Ford Foundation, National Institute of Arts and Letters, MoMA, Whitney Museum of American Art, NE Arts Festival, Art Students League, Hudson River Museum, Frank Rehn Gallery (many awards in above mentioned). Other awards include: Guggenheim Fellowship, 1982. Works at: MoMA, Whitney Museum of American Art, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Worcester Museum, Corcoran Gallery, PAFA, Brooklyn Museum, NY University, Loeb Center, Brandeis University, Gleicenstein Mus, Safad, Isreal, Mt. Holyoke College, Riverside Museum, Hirshhorn Museum, National Academy of Design. Co-founder Provincetown Workshop, 1959, taught at Cooper Union, 1947, NY University, 1950, Academia Americana, Dartmouth University, Co-founder of "256" in Provincetown and primary founder of Long Point Gallery, 1977-78. Was active in Provincetown from 1947 on. Exhibitions: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, 1947-49, 1953-54, 1962-68 American Abstract Artists, 1948 Provincetown Art Association and Museum Audubon Artists, 1952 (first prize) American Academy of Arts & Letters, 1950 (award), 1969 (purchase) University of Illinois, Urbanna Annual, 1950 (award) Ford Foundation, 1963 (purchase prize) National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1961, 1969 Museum of Modern Art, 1965 Whitney Museum of American Art, 1947-66 Arts Students League, 1992 (retrospective) Hudson River Museum, 1970 (prize) Guggenheim Fellowship, 1982 Member: National Academy of Design Collections: Museum of Modern Art Whitney Museum of American Art Museum of Fine Art, Boston Worcester Museum of Art Corcoran Gallery of Art Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art Brooklyn Museum New York University Collections continued: Brandeis University Gleicenstein Museum, Israel Mount Holyoke College Riverside Museum, NY Hirshhorn Museum National Academy of Design Provincetown Art Association and Museum Nebraska Art Association Everson Museum Krannert Museum at the University of Illinois Ulrich Museum Portland Museum (Oregon) Michigan State University Museum

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