American Bauhaus constructivist painting by William Fredericksen.
Media: Mixed media on paper
Title: Untitled
Date: 1940s
Measurements: 12" x 9" sight size, and 19.25" x 16.25" x 1.25" overall including framing.
Condition: Good condition. Overall toning to paper consistent with age.
Notes: Housed in a contemporary frame under UV plexiglass.
Provenance: From a collection of the artist's works purchased at an antique market in Brimfield, MA.

About the artist: William Fredericksen, (American 1914-2010), was born in Norway in and studied fine art there as a young man. In the 1940s, with war raging in Europe, Fredericksen immigrated to the United States where he settled in Chicago, a place where several important Bauhaus trained artists had chosen to continue their careers. Fredericksen studied at the American Academy of Art, the Art Institute, (Chicago), and the New Bauhaus, (later the Institute of Design), working directly under esteemed Bauhaus masters Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Alexander Archipenko, Gyorgy Kepes and Werner Drewes.In 1948 Fredericksen left the New Bauhaus to enjoy a successful career as a commercial graphic designer, creating advertising for major American companies.In 1958 Fredericksen moved to Massachusetts where he remained until his death in 2010.

Good condition overall. Some toning to paper.