Juliette Steele – Early Modernist Painting Circa 1940 modernist oil painting by Juliette Steele. Juliette Steele, (American 1909-1980), was an early modernist painter who worked and exhibited in California. Early modernist works by women artists are rare, and this is a great example of early American modernism from a California based female artist. Excellent condition.…
Wally Strautin – Abstract Oil Painting Valleja (Wally) Strautin (American, 1898-1995), was Latvian born American abstract artist who lived and worked in New York city. Strautin studied painting at the Cooper Union School of Art, where she graduated in 1931. Her work was greatly influenced by her friends, Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner, who were…
Minimalist Steel Sculpture Early minimalist steel sculpture by James Prestini. James Libero Prestini, (1908-1993), was a California minimalist sculptor best known for his thin-walled turned wood bowls he created early in his artistic career, and his highly polished aluminium I-Beam sculptures Prestini created later in his life. Prestini’s father was an Italian stonecutter, who exposed…
