Alice Trumbull Mason Paintings

Emily mason in her vermont studio in 2018.

Alice trumbull mason paintings. Oil on canvas 16 16 in 40 6 40 6 cm. Dolan maxwell at ifpda fine art print fair online spring 2020. Alice trumbull mason a pioneer of abstraction 2020. May 13 jun 14.

Find an in depth biography exhibitions original artworks for sale the latest news and sold auction prices. Page 1 of 1. Exhibitions1 artists estates foundations viewing room art fairs press gallery private. Born alice trumbull in litchfield conn in 1904 she was a self reliant reserved and practical new englander a connecticut yankee descended through her father from the 18th century painter john trumbull a conservative artist with whom her daughter emily observed to art antiques alice mason likely felt no artistic kinship.

Off the walls virtually online exhibition 2020 2019 washburn gallery. Skip to beginning of content. 177 tenth avenue new york. View alice trumbull mason s 44 artworks on artnet.

She first exhibited her work in new york in 1942. Born to an affluent family in litchfield connecticut mason was a descendant of the american painter john trumbull. Alice trumbull mason untitled 1960. May 13 jun 14.

Alice trumbull mason took up poetry and corresponded with gertrude stein before resuming her painting in 1934. Exhibitions1 artists estates foundations viewing room art fairs press gallery private. Shows featuring alice trumbull mason. One testament to the kind of artist alice trumbull mason was can be found in the smithsonian archives of american art where her personal papers were donated.

She helped found the american abstract artists in 1936. Her stylistic range is radiantly apparent in alice trumbull mason. Dolan maxwell at ifpda fine art print fair online spring 2020. Alice trumbull mason staff distaff and rod 1952 oil on canvas 34 3 8 x 42 inches photo by gavin ashworth mason was already working in abstraction by the late 1920s but she began her.

Alice trumbull mason became a staunch advocate of nonobjective art early in her career and throughout her life she believed in its truthfulness over representational art. Her mother had studied art in paris in the 1880 s and her sister had studied with fernand léger and hans hofmann. See available paintings prints and multiples and works on paper for sale and learn about the artist. In the 1940s she began working at the atelier 17 where she created etchings and woodcuts.

The daughter of the artist alice trumbull mason she forged her own path by creating abstract works that showed colors at play.