1950s Abstract Mid-Century Modern Painting

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Fanciful abstract watercolor painting by Helen Sophia Barth, circa 1950s. This piece features an abstracted fantasy composition using blocks of … Read more Fanciful abstract watercolor painting by Helen Sophia Barth, circa 1950s. This piece features an abstracted fantasy composition using blocks of color in saturated shades of greens, blues, pinks and reds, brown and black. Executed on heavy watercolor art paper, signed lower right with her initial. Ms. Barth (1920-2012) was a prolific midcentury painter hailing from the Philadelphia PA area, who studied art at the Fleisher Art Memorial program of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, which is the oldest community-based art program in America. .

(Note that the artist's brown tape at he edges was used to hold the work to her easel. It will easily be covered over when matting and framing the piece if so desired.) See less