EUGENE SALAMIN Signed Oil on Panel, 1954, signature to lower left reads ‘E Salamin 1954’, label to reverse reads ‘Farewell to Mark 1954 Eugene Salamin Oil/Panel’, subject figures crowing over a headstone, measures 17 1/8 x 19 inches, wooden frame, surface wear to frame, professionally framed, not examined out of frame, Born in the Polish region of Galicia in 1912, immigrated to the United States in 1929. He worked a range of temporary jobs during the Great Depression. Talented as a draftsman despite the fact that he had not yet enjoyed any formal training in the painter's craft, he would eventually receive informal art training from the urban scene printmaker Philip Reisman – a relationship which would continue until after the close of World War II.Polish American Artist, 1950’s art, surrealism, Jewish American Art, mid century art, activist artist, New York City artist, 20th century art, contemporary art. 5