george-kachergis-american-1917-1974-untitled
Lot 3198
George Kachergis (American, 1917-1974), Untitled
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Oil and gouache on paper, 1959, signed and dated at lower left, matted and framed under glass.

Sight size 28 1/4 x 20 1/2 in.; Frame dimensions 35 1/4 x 27 1/4 in.

George Kachergis was born in Connecticut and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1949, he accepted a teaching position in the Art Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he excelled as a senior painting professor.

Kachergis exhibited extensively throughout his career. His work was included in annual exhibitions at the Pennsylvania Academy, the Art Institute of Chicago, The Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Two paintings by Kachergis are in the permanent collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art.

Good estate condition; not examined out of the frame.