George Habergritz (American, 1909-1966)

Figures, in the rain, 1947. Oil and wash on paper, signed and dated lower left, unframed, landscape painting verso with inscriptions.

A painter and sculptor, George Habergritz was active in New York City as the Director of the School of Continuing Art Education from 1968, an instructor at the Art Students League, and a lecturer on artists in Africa, the South Pacific, and India. He studied in New York at the National Academy of Design, Cooper Union, and in Paris at the Academy Grande Chaumiere. From 1963 to 1964, he was President of the National Society of Painters Casein. His work can be found at Wilberforce University in Ohio; the Safad Museum in Israel, and the Jewish Museum in London

Condition: Very good, some undulation to paper from artistic process.