Albert Alcalay (Serbian-American, 1917- 2008), Winter

Oil on canvas, 1957, signed and dated at lower right, inscribed to verso, retaining gallery label, framed.

Stretcher size 32 x 40 in.; Frame dimensions 33 x 41 in.

From the Estate of the late Jean Bainbridge, Halifax, Virginia

Krasner Gallery, New York

Albert Alcalay was a Serbian-American abstract expressionist painter, printmaker, and educator. Born in Paris and raised in Belgrade, he survived internment in an Italian concentration camp during World War II, where he studied with German Expressionist Michel Fingesten. After immigrating to the United States in 1951, Alcalay settled in Massachusetts and quickly gained recognition, receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1959. From 1960 to 1982, he taught at Harvard University and helped establish its Department of Visual and Environmental Studies. His vibrant, abstract works have been collected by major institutions such as MoMA and the Fogg Art Museum.

Slight yellowing to varnish and canvas grime, patched hole to lower left.