Large Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting on Canvas by Jacob Semiatan

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Large abstract expressionist painting in shades of blue and yellow by New York based artist Jacob Semiatin. Oil on canvas … more Large abstract expressionist painting in shades of blue and yellow by New York based artist Jacob Semiatin. Oil on canvas presented in a minimalist stained wood strip frame. Signed lower right. Circa mid to late 20th C.

Image size: 34”x50”
Framed: 34.5”x50.5”

Jacob Semiatin was an American painter working in watercolor, acrylic and oil. Born in Ireland to Hungarian Jewish parents, his family immigrated in 1920 to New York City, where he spent the rest of his life. In the early years of his career (late 1930s and 1940s) he exhibited with the Brooklyn Society of Artists.

After serving in the military during World War II, he returned to New York and switched from figurative to abstract painting. His first solo exhibition of abstractions was held at the Contemporary Arts Gallery in New York.

Semiatin also exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, which today has his work in their collection. His works are also in the collections of The Houston Museum of Modern Art and The Jewish Museum of Dublin, Ireland. less