Attributed to Louis K Stone, it does not have a COA. Medium: oil masonite, no title. 21 x 18 inches. Provenance: private owner.
Biography: 1902 - 1984. An abstract painter, Louis Stone settled in Lambertville, New Jersey from 1935 and taught classes in non objective painting including at New Hope, Pennsylvania.He studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy and at the Pennsylvania Academy with Daniel Garber. He was also a student at the Art Students League and in Munich with Hans Hofmann. From 1927 to 1933, he traveled with his wife in Europe and for a period rented Cezanne's studio. In France, he became friends with Marsden Hartley, and for several years he ran the Morris School of Fine Arts in Lambertville.

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