1960s Mid Century Signed Impasto by Victor Olsen

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Mid Century Signed Impasto oil on board of Arabs by listed artist Victor Olsen .

Victor Olson (1925-2007)
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Victor Olson (1925-2007)
Mr. Olson attended the Art Career School of New York. He was a well-known award-winning artist, as well as an illustrator and graphic designer. He has illustrated many national magazine covers for paperback publications and magazine stories for such publishers as Doubleday, Avon books, MacFadden Books, Bantan and Monarch. He is famous for his racy pulp fiction art.
One of Mr. Olson's paintings of the founder of Sikorsky Aircraft, Igor Sikorsky's portrait, belongs to the Smithsonian Institute Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.; also, as part of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the American Helicopter Society, a painting of Mr. Sikorski's attempt to construct a vertical flying machine for his first solo flight in Bridgeport. Also, a painting by Mr. Olson of a typical New England scene belongs to the private collection of former President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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Very Good

DIMENSIONS
H 33 in. x W 17 in. x D 1 in.
H 83.82 cm x W 43.18 cm x D 2.54 cm See less