Marshall Glasier (American, 1902-1988), A Surrealist Mythological Fantasy

oil on board, signed lower right, circa 1950s, presented in an antique ornate frame.
Frame dimensions 18 1/2 x 33 in.
Marshall Glasier was one of the leaders in Wisconsin of a group of artists determined to bring European modernism to the Wisconsin art scene. He was greatly inspired by the surrealists working in 1920s Paris. They were particularly rebelling against the style, moralistic tone and provincial subject matter of American regionalists like John Steuart Curry and Thomas Hart Benton.

Glasier's work was dubbed as taking an "un-American direction" by some Midwestern critics and collectors. However, he also found great support in his community and hosted many salon style gatherings frequented by artists, jazz musicians and others at his home in Madison.

Marshall was represented by Julien Levy in New York. Paintings by Marshall were exhibited during his lifetime at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Milwaukee Art Institute and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art.
Private Collection, Brooklyn, New York
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Loss to frame; surface grime.