Mid 20th Century "Navajo Hunters" Abstract Figurative Gouache Painting on Paper

Description

Dynamic, multi colored abstract by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999). Depicts a group of hunters and their horses participating in a … more Dynamic, multi colored abstract by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999). Depicts a group of hunters and their horses participating in a hunt with colorful abstract landscape and hills in the foreground. Signed "Erle Loran" lower right. From the estate of Erle Loran. Estate signed "Erle Loran" with authentication on verso. Presented in a silver metal frame with archival mat and plexiglass. Image, 14.63"H x 21.63"W.

Erle Loran was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He studied at the Minneapolis School of Art under the direction of Cameron Booth. His talent was recognized early when in 1926 he won the Paris Prize, which provided him the benefit of a traveling scholarship to Europe where he lived in the studio of Paul Cézanne. In 1936 Loran moved to California to take up a position teaching at the University of California at Berkeley where he eventually became Chairman of the Art Department. He invited the painter Hans Hofmann to be a visiting professor. Hofmann influenced Loran to become more abstract in his work. In 1943 Loran published his book Cézanne's Composition, examining the artist's work theoretically from the approach of forms and spatial factors. It was an immediate success with artists, teachers, and critics and is still available in print. less