Maze Series
Type:painting
Year:1949
Size:21.50" x 28.50"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Verso
Notes:
#22749 Dynamic 1949 Abstraction by Melville Price. Image size: 20" x 27".
Melville Price ART FOR SALE
1920 Kingston, New York - 1970 Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Known for: Abstract expressionist painting.
A painter in abstract styles and art educator, Melville Price was born in Kingston, New York and was in New York City at the time when Abstract Expressionist painting was dominant. He studied at the... Read full biography
A painter in abstract styles and art educator, Melville Price was born in Kingston, New York and was in New York City at the time when Abstract Expressionist painting was dominant. He studied at the Art Students League, the National Academy of Design and the New School for Social Research. From... Read full biography
A painter in abstract styles and art educator, Melville Price was born in Kingston, New York and was in New York City at the time when Abstract Expressionist painting was dominant. He studied at the Art Students League, the National Academy of Design and the New School for Social Research. From 1950 to 1952, he taught at the Philadelphia Museum School and from from 1958 to 1970 at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. In the early 1940s, Melville Price worked in his Brooklyn studio and... Read full biography
A painter in abstract styles and art educator, Melville Price was born in Kingston, New York and was in New York City at the time when Abstract Expressionist painting was dominant. He studied at the Art Students League, the National Academy of Design and the New School for Social Research. From 1950 to 1952, he taught at the Philadelphia Museum School and from from 1958 to 1970 at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. In the early 1940s, Melville Price worked in his Brooklyn studio and befriended modernist paintings Franz Kline, Joseph Stella, Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock. By 1949 his style had "evolved from a surrealist based biomorphism to a signature style of gestural abstraction.". Price abandoned New York City to try to... Read full biography
A painter in abstract styles and art educator, Melville Price was born in Kingston, New York and was in New York City at the time when Abstract Expressionist painting was dominant. He studied at the Art Students League, the National Academy of Design and the New School for Social Research. From 1950 to 1952, he taught at the Philadelphia Museum School and from from 1958 to 1970 at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. In the early 1940s, Melville Price worked in his Brooklyn studio and befriended modernist paintings Franz Kline, Joseph Stella, Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock. By 1949 his style had "evolved from a surrealist based biomorphism to a signature style of gestural abstraction.". Price abandoned New York City to try to improve his financial situation, just at the time he was starting to have real success, "being seen and spoken about . " Later he refle... Read full biography
Melville Price - Art for Sale (3 available)
Untitled New Hope Study
Type:Sculpture
Year:c. 1956
Size:14.00" x 11.00"
Medium:Gouache
Signed:Estate Stamp
Untitled, from the Black Warrior Series
Type:Painting
Year:c. 1961
Size:60.00" x 36.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Estate Stamp