Untitled, Paris, December, 1936
Type:Painting
Year:1936
Size:39.38" x 32.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
From the estate of the artist. In its frame measures 42 3/8 x 34 7/8 inches.
Charles (Karel Joseph) Biederman ART FOR SALE
1906 Cleveland, Ohio - 2004 Red Wing, Minnesota. Known for: Abstract sculpture reliefs, painting.
Describing himself as the "best unknown artist in America" (Time 26 Jan 1970), Charles Biederman was a constructivist painter and sculptor of structural reliefs, the latter a medium he is credited... Read full biography
Describing himself as the "best unknown artist in America" (Time 26 Jan 1970), Charles Biederman was a constructivist painter and sculptor of structural reliefs, the latter a medium he is credited with inventing. It has been said that he enjoyed a greater reputation in England and Canada than at... Read full biography
Describing himself as the "best unknown artist in America" (Time 26 Jan 1970), Charles Biederman was a constructivist painter and sculptor of structural reliefs, the latter a medium he is credited with inventing. It has been said that he enjoyed a greater reputation in England and Canada than at home. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and as a teenager went to work as an apprentice in a commercial art studio where he stayed four years. From 1926 to 1929, he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago... Read full biography
Describing himself as the "best unknown artist in America" (Time 26 Jan 1970), Charles Biederman was a constructivist painter and sculptor of structural reliefs, the latter a medium he is credited with inventing. It has been said that he enjoyed a greater reputation in England and Canada than at home. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and as a teenager went to work as an apprentice in a commercial art studio where he stayed four years. From 1926 to 1929, he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and remained in Chicago until 1934 when he moved to New York. In 1936, he traveled to Europe where he met many modernists including Piet Mondrian and Fernand Leger, both whom had a great influence on his art. In 1937, he returned to New York and... Read full biography
Describing himself as the "best unknown artist in America" (Time 26 Jan 1970), Charles Biederman was a constructivist painter and sculptor of structural reliefs, the latter a medium he is credited with inventing. It has been said that he enjoyed a greater reputation in England and Canada than at home. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and as a teenager went to work as an apprentice in a commercial art studio where he stayed four years. From 1926 to 1929, he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and remained in Chicago until 1934 when he moved to New York. In 1936, he traveled to Europe where he met many modernists including Piet Mondrian and Fernand Leger, both whom had a great influence on his art. In 1937, he returned to New York and then moved to Chicago in 1941, marrying Mary Katherine Moore. In 1944, the couple moved to Red Wing, Minneso... Read full biography
Charles (Karel Joseph) Biederman - Art for Sale (2 available)
Model for #14
Type:Painting
Year:1937
Size:16.25" x 13.50" x 1.50"
Medium:Gouache
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
This work is from the artist's estate. It is numbered, located, and dated on the verso. The full-size construction is in "American Abstract Art of the 1930s and 1940s: The J. Donald Nichols Collection," p33, #4. It measures 35 x 31 inches.