Check out this exceptional original gouache art painting of a clown figure by Josef Presser, born in 1909. The piece is signed and comes professionally matted, making it a truly remarkable addition to any art collection.
Artist: Josef Presser
Alias: Joseph Presser
Polish American, 1909–1967
Painter Etcher Illustrator
Known for: Figurative expression, landscape painting
Title: Clown Figure
Medium: Original Gouache
Framing: Matted 23" X 17 3/4"
Image Size: approx. W 11.5” X H 17”
Style: Expressionism
Material: Paper
Condition: Very Good
Signature: Signed by Artist
Josef Presser was born in Lublin, Poland. He studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School, in Europe, and with Bryant Baker, Henry Hunt Clark, Philip Hale, and William James. He was a member of the Philadelphia Watercolor Club and the New Haven Paint and Clay Club and exhibited at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. His work is in many museum collections, both here and abroad, including the Uffizi, Florence, The Whitney Museum of American Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia.
Source: Frank S. Schwarz and Son, Philadelphia
