“Ceremonial in Yellows and Blues, 1965” — Michael Loew (1907 – 1985)
Oil on masonite, 15.75″ x 17.25″, signed lower right.
In addition to the Art Students League, Loew studied with Hans Hoffman, and in Paris at the Academie Scandinave. Then, a decade later, he returned to Paris for further study, this time with Ferdinand Leger at the Atelier Leger.
Loew’s watercolors of Monhegan Harbor display occasional vertical and horizontal ink lines, very short, and touches of watercolor. The motif is suggested, but barely. In oils, the mosaic patterns of colored bars make their appearance, and the study for one is offered here.
Loew exhibited in many venues, including the Salon d’Automne in Paris. His work resides in a long list of museums, including the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Hirschorn Museum in Washington.