'Evening Landscape' by Louis Weiner, 1929, Art Institute of Chicago, Russian-American, Palette & Chisel Club, Who Was Who

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Signed lower left, 'Louis Weiner' (Russian-American, 1892-1967) and dated 1929.

Born in Vinnitza, Russia, Louis Weiner moved to Chicago where … more Signed lower left, 'Louis Weiner' (Russian-American, 1892-1967) and dated 1929.

Born in Vinnitza, Russia, Louis Weiner moved to Chicago where he studied with Reynolds, Higgins, Poole, Norton and Krehbiel. He was a member of the Palette & Chisel Club, the Chicago Academy of Fine Art, Chicago Society of Artists, Around the Palette, American Artists Congress and the Chicago Artists Union. Louis Weiner exhibited with success including at the Art Institute of Chicago between 1927 and 1948 and is listed in Who Was Who in American Art.

Reference:
Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 3, p. 3501 less