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Art Deco Surrealist Oil Painting by Hugo Gnam - 20th Century

1920 - 1940
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Surrealist Oil Painting by important artist Hugo Gnam  (Swiss 1899-1997) Art Deco period oil on board - original Art Deco Frame ., swiss-born, New York City based Art Deco designer and Artist .

Dimensions: 125.5 cm x 45cm

Biography

Studied: Zurich University and New York University with Winold Reiss.

Memberships: Artists League of America, National Alliance of Artists and Craftsman, Allied Artists of America, Society of Independent Artists, and the Photo League, NY.

Awards: First Prize for Mural Excellence: American Union of Decorative Artists and Craftsmen held at the United States Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair.

Commissions: The Adler apartment (inventor of space shoes), Offices in the Empire State Building, Showrooms of Chrysler Engineering in Detroit, and projects with Joseph Urban.

References: Annual of American Design (1931), Studio Annual of Decorative Art (1933, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1941 and 1942), Norlyst Gallery catalog 1946, Beasts (1995). New York Times: A deco Original Bursts forth (1997).

Exhibitions

1946

Norlyst Gallery

1942

New York Worlds Fair

1942

Roerich Museum

1939

Buffalo Museum

1939

Sidney and Harriet Janis Gallery

1938

Society of Independent Artists

UK delivery : £40

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School House Antiques has dated this piece to the 1930s.

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Description
Surrealist Oil Painting by important artist Hugo Gnam  (Swiss 1899-1997) Art Deco period oil on board - original Art Deco Frame ., swiss-born, New York City based Art Deco designer and Artist .

Dimensions: 125.5 cm x 45cm

fig 1. Art Deco Surrealist Oil Painting by Hugo Gnam - 20th Century
fig 1. Art Deco Surrealist Oil Painting by Hugo Gnam - 20th Century

Biography

Studied: Zurich University and New York University with Winold Reiss.

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Memberships: Artists League of America, National Alliance of Artists and Craftsman, Allied Artists of America, Society of Independent Artists, and the Photo League, NY.
School House Antiques
fig 2. Art Deco Surrealist Oil Painting by Hugo Gnam - 20th Century
fig 2. Art Deco Surrealist Oil Painting by Hugo Gnam - 20th Century

Awards: First Prize for Mural Excellence: American Union of Decorative Artists and Craftsmen held at the United States Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair.

Commissions: The Adler apartment (inventor of space shoes), Offices in the Empire State Building, Showrooms of Chrysler Engineering in Detroit, and projects with Joseph Urban.

fig 3. Art Deco Surrealist Oil Painting by Hugo Gnam - 20th Century
fig 3. Art Deco Surrealist Oil Painting by Hugo Gnam - 20th Century

References: Annual of American Design (1931), Studio Annual of Decorative Art (1933, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1941 and 1942), Norlyst Gallery catalog 1946, Beasts (1995). New York Times: A deco Original Bursts forth (1997).

Exhibitions

1946

Norlyst Gallery

1942

New York Worlds Fair

1942

Roerich Museum

1939

Buffalo Museum

1939

Sidney and Harriet Janis Gallery

1938

Society of Independent Artists

UK delivery : £40

Date of Manufacture

School House Antiques has dated this piece to the 1930s.

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