![]() Michael Loew (1907 – 1985) was the son of a New York City baker. We have available more than two dozen paintings and works on paper from the 1930s - 80s that come directly from the Loew estate. It is signed lower right as well as signed, titled and dated verso. The painting comes directly from the artist's estate. The size of the canvas 28 3/4 x 43 1/4 inches. ![]() "Concert" Early 20th Century WPA Modernism American City Landscape Scene Ashcan He died on November 14, 1985, in New York. His works are in the collections of prominent institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Guggenheim Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. By 1985 he had been an instructor at the Portland Museum School, University of California at Berkeley and the School of Visual Arts. In 1956, he began teaching in the United States. The Artists Gallery in New York hosted his first one-man show in 1949 and one year later, he enrolled at the Atelier Léger in Paris. In 1948, he joined the Spiral Group, an organization of artists devoted to the exhibition of experimental art. From 1947–49, he studied post-cubism at the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts. When he returned in 1946, his painting moved quickly toward abstraction. After Pearl Harbor, Loew joined the Navy and served as the battalion artist for the Seabees in the Pacific. Loew had a strong interest in artists' rights and activism and as president of the Artists Union, he led a protest which involved artists chaining themselves to poles in Union Square. Their friendship lasted for the rest of their lives and in fact, Loew met his wife Mildred through a friend of de Kooning's. In 1935, he found work with the Works Progress Administration where he painted murals and partnered up with longtime friend Willem de Kooning in 1939 on a mural for the Hall of Pharmacy at the New York World's Fair. When he returned to New York City in 1931, the Great Depression hit Loew unexpectedly and for the next two years, he paid his apartment rent with his paintings. ![]() In 1929, he traveled to Paris, North Africa, Germany and Italy with a group of artists, including Max Schnitzler and Alfred Jensen. After high school, he was an apprentice to a stained-glass maker and from 1926–29, he studied at the Art Students League. Michael Loew was born on and was the son of a New York City baker. ![]()
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