HOVSEP PUSHMAN, (Armenian/American, 1877-1966), Woman

HOVSEP PUSHMAN
(Armenian/American, 1877-1966)
Woman in Robe (#27)
1930, oil on board
signed Pushman, l.r.
32 x 37 in., frame: 42 x 49 in.

Provenance: The Collection of a Massachusetts Lady.

Other Notes: This work has been given the registration number HP001179 in the Hovsep Pushman Virtual Catalogue Raisonné.

At age 11, Hovsep Pushman was the youngest pupil admitted to Istanbul's prestigious Imperial School of Fine Arts. He emigrated to Chicago with his family as a teenager, continuing his artistic studies there, before attending Paris' Académie Julian. He ultimately settled in New York City, exhibiting with the Grand Central Art Galleries for much of his career. He is best known for his strikingly lit still lives, and his glowing, often colorful depictions of the female form.