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Signed lower right, 'Buk' for Eduard Buk Ulreich (American, additionally titled verso 'Consort' and dated 1954 with inscription, 'by the …
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Signed lower right, 'Buk' for Eduard Buk Ulreich (American, additionally titled verso 'Consort' and dated 1954 with inscription, 'by the one and only buk, made for Ruth'.
Framed Dimensions: 14.75 H x 17.75 W x 1.5 D Inches
Painter, sculptor, muralist, designer and magazine illustrator Eduard Ulreich was born in Austria-Hungary and moved to America with his family as a child. Ulreich attended the Kansas City Art Institute, where he studied under Mademoiselle F. Blumberg and later received a scholarship to continue his education at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
After serving in World War I, Ulreich moved to New York and worked as a WPA artist painting murals throughout the United States. His works include murals in the Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center and United States Post Offices in Columbia, Missouri; Tallahassee, Florida; Concord, North Carolina; and New Rockford, North Dakota. Ulreich additionally designed and painted murals in Chicago for the Temple Building and a marble mosaics mural for the 1933 Chicago World Fair's Century of Progress Exhibition.
Ulreich was a member of the Guild of Free Lance Artists. He exhibited widely and with success including at the Art Institute of Chicago (1925), the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art (1914-15, 1929-31, 1934, 1939), Corcoran Gallery (1928, 1930), Anderson Gallery (1923), the Whitney Museum of American Art and Gump's Gallery in San Francisco (1943).
Reference:
Who Was Who in American Art 00 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 3, p.3366; E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 13, p. 903; Thieme-Becker Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zu Gengenwart, Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1992, Vol. 33/34, p. 558; Christine Roussel, The Guide to the Art of Rockefeller Center; Mallett’s Index of Artists, Daniel Trowbridge Mallett, Peter Smith: New York 1948 Edition, R.R. Bowker Company 1935, p. 446; et al.
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- Dimensions
- 16.5ʺW × 0.25ʺD × 13.5ʺH
- Styles
- Art Deco
- Art Subjects
- Animals
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Artist
- Eduard Buk Ulreich
- Period
- 1950s
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Gouache
- Tempera
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Design Modified, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Cream
- Condition Notes
- Good, minor toning; not examined outside of frame. This piece will ship without glass. Good, minor toning; not examined outside of frame. This piece will ship without glass. less
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