Louis Finkelstein Summer

Louis Finkelstein
b. 1923
Summer

Executed in 1991.
Signed
Oil on canvas
40 x 45 in.

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Condition Report:
This work is in good/mint condition. For more information, please email Chris@soafi.org.

Catalogue Note:
Called "The esthetic conscience of his generation," Louis Finkelstein was renowned not only for his paintings but as a vital force and influential teacher at Yale, the Philadelphia College of Art, the New York Studio School, and Queens College (CUNY) where he was, the head of the Art Department for twenty-five years. He was also a visiting critic/artist at other institutions and a prolific speaker and writer on art.

Provenance:
Artist and Liman Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida. Artwork acquired from artist.