Albert Wasserman, original on canvas – matted and professionally framed. Portrait depicts the artist’s wife, Sylvette, gazing in the direction of the artist. The portrait is signed and dated by the artist in the bottom – right corner and comes in a gold colored metal frame. Measures approx 21” inches tall by approx 27” inches height and 1” inch in width. Property of Brooklyn Estate. albert wasserman portrait, metal framed, original art. Albert Wasserman, painter, designer, August 23rd 1920 to January 3rd 1917. Graduated from Evander Childs High School, Bronx, NY. He attended the National Academy of Design and studied with Sidney E. Dickenson and Ivan Olinsky. He also studied at the Art Student’s League with Charles S. Chapman until he was drafted into the Army during WWII. He won a Pulitzer Art Scholarship in 1940 and he won the Obrig Prize in 1941. He was an incredibly prolific artist and considered himself a Realist – impressionist; painting people, portraits and the life around himself. Most of his work is in oil or watercolor and is done from life. He was a member of the Salmagundi Club where he won numerous prizes.