An Emil Bisttram painting, 1943

Emil Bisttram
Hungarian/American, (1895-1976), untitled (abstract composition), 1943, encaustic on paper, signed and dated lower right.
height 9in, width 6 3/8in
Provenance
Purchased from Peregrine Galleries, Montecito, CA, 12 August, 2000; accompanied by the invoice
Property from the Estate of Arnold and Lorlee Tenenbaum

Published
Telfair Museum of Art, Bold Expressions: The Collection of Lorlee and Arnold Tenenbaum, Savannah, GA, 2023, p. 18-19. "Born in Hungary, Bisttram had studied at New York's leading art academies and in Mexico with muralist Diego Rivera before moving to Taos, New Mexico, in the 1930s and shifting from realism to abstraction. His shapes and patterns may subtly reference designs he admired in the art of the Native American Pueblo communities, blending cultures and traditions in his pursuit of truth and purity in art."

Exhibited
Bold Expressions: The Collection of Lorlee and Arnold Tenenbaum, Telfair Museums' Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, GA, March 10 - July 9, 2023