AMERICAN PORTRAIT OIL PAINTING BY ALFRED MAURER
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Alfred Henry Maurer, American, French, 1868 to 1932, oil painting on panel, Portrait of a Girl. Framed. Provenance: Shapiro Auctions, Mamaroneck, NY, United States, March 22, 2020, lot 677. An original paper label of E. Weyhe, New York, on verso. Alfred Maurer is known for Paintings-figure, still life, landscape. Called the first American modernist painter, Alfred Maurer began as a traditionalist and then explored many styles including Impressionism, Tonalism, Fauvism and Cubism. He developed a rich, brushy, tonal style, influenced by Frans Hals and Diego Velasquez, as well as William Merritt Chase, John Singer Sargent and James Whistler. In 1901, his painting titled An Arrangement, done in the rich, impressionist, tonal style of Whistler won first prize at the Carnegie International Exhibition. In the 1920s, he focused on still life and figural pieces, many of them Cubist in style. One of a kind artwork.
Dimensions: Size: Freme 34 x 26 in. Image 26 3/4 x 18 1/2 in. All measurements are approximate.
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