Herbert Art (American, 1910-1996), Reclining Nude, Light Hair

Acrylic on canvas, 1969, signed and dated at lower right, inscribed to verso, presented in a floater frame.

Stretcher size 24 x 48 in.; Frame dimensions 25 1/4 x 49 1/4 in.

Herbert Art was born in 1910 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and moved to Canton, Ohio, in 1921. After attending school locally, he began working for his father’s jewelry store in Alliance, Ohio, in 1925, launching a lifelong career as a jeweler and businessman.

At age 40, Art took up painting as a self-taught hobby. A trip to Italy in 1968, especially visits to mosaic and stained-glass exhibits in Florence, deeply influenced his artistic style. Working primarily in oils, he developed a unique technique he calls “containment of colors,” using a palette knife to create abstract compositions that evoke the look of stained glass or mosaics.

Some minor scuffing to surface; overall in good estate condition.