Lot 3011
Jack Beal (American, 1931-2013), Row Boat (Four Panel Floor Screen)
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
70 x 96 in.
Collection of Sydney and Frances Lewis, Richmond, Virginia
Jack Beal was an American realist painter, draftsman, printmaker, and muralist who emerged as a leading figure in the revival of figurative painting during the 1960s. Born in Richmond, Virginia, he studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago before settling in New York, where he became one of the first artists to establish a studio in SoHo. Rejecting the dominance of Abstract Expressionism, Beal developed a highly refined realist style. Alongside his paintings, he produced an accomplished body of lithographs and serigraphs.
Beal is best known for his monumental public commissions, including The History of Labor murals for the U.S. Department of Labor and The Return of Spring mosaics for the Times Square subway station. A founder of both the New York Academy of Art and the Artist's Choice Museum, he exhibited extensively throughout the United States, and his work is represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the National Gallery of Art, and numerous other major institutions.
Bright impression in overall good condition. A couple small scuffs and stains to the surface, light wear at the seams.
