'Large Abstract' by Paul England, Paris, Carnegie Institute, Art Students League, Zadkine Studio

Description

Signed lower right, 'Paul England' (American, 1918-1988) and painted circa 1965. Old label, verso, bearing title, 'Gutenburg'.
Framed in a … more Signed lower right, 'Paul England' (American, 1918-1988) and painted circa 1965. Old label, verso, bearing title, 'Gutenburg'.
Framed in a period white-painted, wood-strip frame.
Framed dimensions: 37.5 x 1.75 x 49.25 inches.

Born in Oklahoma, Paul England received his Bachelors at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (1940) before studying at New York's Art Students League (1943-1946). He subsequently moved to Paris where he studied at Zadkine Studio, (1948-49) before earning his Masters at the University of Tulsa (1959). England was appointed Professor of Art at Hofstra University in 1959, a position he held until his retirement in 1986. The artist's work is held in private and public collections including the permanent collections of the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Philbrook Museum of Art.

EXHIBITIONS:
Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Okla. (1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, & 1968)
Pennsylvania Academy Oil Annuals, Philadelphia, Penn. (1947, 1952 & 1953)
Pennsylvania Academy Watercolor Annual, Philadelphia, Penn. (1959)
Library of Congress Print Annual, Wash., DC (1959)
Colorado Springs Invitational Exhibition (1959)
Brooklyn Museum (Long Island artists), NY (1960)
Olivet College Annual Graphics Exhibition (1962)

SOLO SHOWS
Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, Okla. (1957, 1971)
Le Centre d'Art, Port-au-Prince, Haiti (1947)
RoKo Gallery, NY (1948)
Galerie R. Creuze, Paris (1949)
Bodley Gallery, NYC, NY (1950)
Y.M.H.A. Kaufmann Gallery (1951)
Hugo Gallery (1951)
La Galeria, Torremolinos, Spain (1955)
Grand Central Moderns, NYC, NY (1955)
Nicole Gallery
Herbert Benevy Gallery, NYC, NY

COLLECTIONS
The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Le Centre d'Art, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
New York Public Library, Permanent Print Collection, NYC, New York
Oklahoma State Art Collection, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Bank of Oklahoma, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England
Heckscher Museum, Huntington, New York
Joslyn Museum of Art, Omaha, Nebraska
Williams College Museum, Williamstown, Mass.
Staten Island Museum, NYC, New York
Hofstra University, New York
Adelphi University, New York less