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1898 Savannah, Georgia - 1978 Los Angeles, California. Known for: Hard edge-op modernist, surreal figure painting.
A painter, Lorser Feitelson became known for abstraction but briefly explored mural painting of regionalist subjects. In his signature work, Feitelson used many images and symbols that evoke dreams... Read full biography
A painter, Lorser Feitelson became known for abstraction but briefly explored mural painting of regionalist subjects. In his signature work, Feitelson used many images and symbols that evoke dreams and address the subconscious mind. He was a key figure in modern art in California at a time when... Read full biography
A painter, Lorser Feitelson became known for abstraction but briefly explored mural painting of regionalist subjects. In his signature work, Feitelson used many images and symbols that evoke dreams and address the subconscious mind. He was a key figure in modern art in California at a time when that area had little exposure to avant-garde styles of which he explored a variety including Surrealism, Cubism and Kinetic work. Feitelson was born in Savannah, Georgia but grew up in New York City. His... Read full biography
A painter, Lorser Feitelson became known for abstraction but briefly explored mural painting of regionalist subjects. In his signature work, Feitelson used many images and symbols that evoke dreams and address the subconscious mind. He was a key figure in modern art in California at a time when that area had little exposure to avant-garde styles of which he explored a variety including Surrealism, Cubism and Kinetic work. Feitelson was born in Savannah, Georgia but grew up in New York City. His father was an art connoisseur and took his son on frequent visits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. After the 1913 Armory Show in New York, which introduced modern art to America, he turned to abstraction and by age eighteen, had established a... Read full biography
A painter, Lorser Feitelson became known for abstraction but briefly explored mural painting of regionalist subjects. In his signature work, Feitelson used many images and symbols that evoke dreams and address the subconscious mind. He was a key figure in modern art in California at a time when that area had little exposure to avant-garde styles of which he explored a variety including Surrealism, Cubism and Kinetic work. Feitelson was born in Savannah, Georgia but grew up in New York City. His father was an art connoisseur and took his son on frequent visits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. After the 1913 Armory Show in New York, which introduced modern art to America, he turned to abstraction and by age eighteen, had established a studio. In the 1920s he went back and forth between New York and Paris and exhibited at the Salon D'Automne in P... Read full biography