Abel George Warshawsky "Claude Wolf" 1956 Portrait Oil Painting

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A portrait of Claude Wolf (1904 to 1973), a vintner by Abel George Warshawsky. Oil on canvas and presented in … more A portrait of Claude Wolf (1904 to 1973), a vintner by Abel George Warshawsky. Oil on canvas and presented in a wooden frame. Signed "A. G. Warshawsky" and dated "1956" on the top right. Image size, 30"H x 25"W. Abel George (Buck) Warshawsky (American, 1883 to 1962) was active/lived in Monterey, California and Paris, France. Abel Warshawsky is known for landscape, genre, portrait and figure painting. Largely a painter known for his busy, impressionistic scenes of life on the streets of Paris, as he spent about thirty years in France. He mastered two styles: his own variant of French impressionism and a striking realism, which he applied to his many penetrating and superb portraits. While his street scenes are modern in their depiction of boisterous, fleeting contemporary activity, the portraits embody the spirit of Old Europe. less