Painting
Object number2011.3.12
Artist
Abe Weiner
(1917 - 1993)
Date1940
MediumPaint; Paper
Credit LineGift of Kim Weiner
DescriptionMulticolored painting on art board. Artistic rendering of a skier looking upward; perspective of painting is through the basket (snow ring) of his ski pole. In far background is another skier.Dimensions10.25 x 13 in. (26 x 33 cm)InscriptionsBlack ink stamp on back, "PLACED / DEPARTMENT of PAINTING / AND DESIGN / JUDGED / MAR 16 1940 / CARNEGIE INSITUTE".
Historical NotesThis painting was done as a school project, which focused on perspective views, and was judged and awarded a place. Part of a collection of Abe Weiner art and artist materials. Abe Weiner was born in Pittsburgh in 1917. After graduating from the School of Fine Arts at Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1941, he joined the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh. Weiner worked and lived in Pittsburgh his whole life, but his work was exhibited across the country, most notably in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Cochran Gallery. In 1950, Weiner was named one of the “Fifty Most Promising Painters in the United States” by Life Magazine.
Related institution
Carnegie Institute
Related institution
Carnegie Mellon University
Terms
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