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Harold Frank (American born in England, 1921-1995). "Green Floral" oil on board, n.d. Signed at lower right. A beautiful still life painting by Harold Frank. The composition features a grand floral arrangement in a piriform vase and three fruits, peaches or apples, to either side - all displayed on a cloth-covered table or ledge. The composition is delineated in Frank's signature loose, expressive brushstrokes and rendered in stunning hues of lilac, pink, fuchsia, violet, and white against a background of deep green mottled with violet, white, and magenta. The vibrant bouquet shimmers in the light, its glorious blooms bursting with color and life! Size (sight view): 28.25" L x 22" W (71.8 cm x 55.9 cm) Size (frame): 29.5" L x 23.5" W (74.9 cm x 59.7 cm)

Harold Frank immigrated with his family to the US through Ellis Island. Growing up in the tenements of the Lower East Side in New York City during the era of the Great Depression and World War II, Frank found Abstract Expressionism to be the ideal means to explore the angst of his world. He once stated, "I can live with the abstract. Life is a mystery."

Frank studied at the Art Students League in New York, the National Academy of Design, the Pratt Institute, the Chouinard Art Institute, and UCLA where he was a colleague of Richard Diebenkorn (American, 1922-1993), an artist who is oftentimes associated with Abstract Expressionism as well as a pioneer of the Bay Area Figurative Movement. In addition to Diebenkorn, Frank's influences include DeKooning, Picasso, Matisse, and Rouault. While he also created landscapes, non-objective abstract compositions, and still-life paintings, figures and head studies were the predominant theme of his oeuvre.

For more about Harold Frank, see Sandie Stern's monograph "Harold Frank Abstract Expressionist 1921-1995" (2001).

Provenance: private Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA collection, acquired via descent, purchased June 25, 1973

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Painting in very good overall condition with some expected craquelure to paint commensurate with age. Painted surface presents with marvelous texture and life due to Frank's process. Signed by the artist at lower right. Some scuffs/nicks and abrasions to custom frame. Label on verso of frame with title "Green Floral".