Walter Feldman (1925-2017). "Dream Melody", 1959. Oil on panel. Signed & dated lower left. Unframed. Dimensions: 16" x 13 3/4". An early work by Feldman in the 1950’s you see his transition to abstract works. Here he is experimenting with cubist forms but his love of color is evident in "Dream Melody". An unusual work on masonite for the artist, as it does not reference his thought provoking subject matters of Jewish Identity, biblical themes. Feldman came to Brown University in 1953 after getting an MFA from Yale and teaching there for 2 years. He won a Fulbright scholarship in 1957. His works have been included in one person and group exhibitions at major museums such as the Museum of Modern Art and the Institute of Contemporary Art. Modernist ideas and progressive art thoughts became the fabric of Feldman's daily life. At Yale both Albers and De Kooning were big influences in his work. Based upon his artistic production and exhibition history Feldman evidences early in his career that he is a tireless painter & printmaker, ambitious to seize the wide spectrum of opportunities. The early 50’s is a time of artistic evolution, experimentation and synthesis. He is showing dramatic changes from year to year, let alone with in a single year. The title – is a Feldman jab at his art assignment at Yale to paint a cubist/surreal painting to push his ideological and artistic boundaries. Starting off as a firm realist painter at Yale when he returned to school post WWII he witnessed radically new modernist art movements. Here is a successful attempt during this time.

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