Sally Kissinger Wilt "Night Walk Figurative Joan Brown and Manuel Neri" 1960s

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Stunning large-scale, Bay Area Figurative School painting of a couple, dog and clown by Sally Kissinger Wilt (American, 1936-2004). Signed … Read more Stunning large-scale, Bay Area Figurative School painting of a couple, dog and clown by Sally Kissinger Wilt (American, 1936-2004). Signed "Wilt" on verso, circa 1962-4. Bay Area Figurative painting began with teachers at the California School of Fine Art. Leading artists were David Park, Richard Diebenkorn, Joan Brown, Manuel Neri, Nathan Oliviera, Paul Wonner and Elmer Bischoff. Unframed. Size: 52"H x 47"W
Sally Kissinger Wilt, a California artist and writer, was raised in South Bend, Indiana. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with special honors in English from
Indiana University. As a painter and printmaker, she studied in
Austria with Oskar Kokoshka and then moved to San Francisco in 1962 to study with Richard Diebenkorn at the San Francisco Art Institute along with fellow student Joan Brown. She later taught art and nature classes for the Audubon Society and the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum. See less