1962 Abstract Mixed Media Painting by Walter Sorge

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A 1962 mixed media painting that uses gouache, ink, and graphite by Canadian artist Walter Sorge (1931-2021). This abstract work … Read more A 1962 mixed media painting that uses gouache, ink, and graphite by Canadian artist Walter Sorge (1931-2021). This abstract work depicts an array of organic and biomorphic shapes in red, white, black, and green. Displayed in a silver tone metal frame and a white mat, the painting is signed, dated, and marked "Paris" to the lower right.

Born in Alberta, Canada, Walter Felix Sorge attended UCLA and received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from there during the 1950s. He continued his education at Columbia University in New York where he received his Doctorate in Fine Art and Fine Art Education. Sorge also studied under Stanley William Hayter in Paris and worked at Atelier 17. He later had an extensive career as an art educator and served as head of the art department at Kentucky Southern College in Louisville, the head of the art department at Hardin Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, as well as chairman of the art department at Eastern Illinois University. Sorge exhibited widely during his lifetime in the United States and abroad. See less