WPA Period "Coastal Village" American Modernist Realism Oil Painting Lev Landau

Dimensions: H: 14.5, W: 17.5 IN

Signed and titled with Yiddish inscription verso.

9 X 12 inches board size. beng sold unframed.

Painter, New York, N.Y. Samuel David Lev-Landau was born in Warsaw, Poland and emigrated to the United States. Trained at the Graphic Sketch Club, Philadelphia and studied with Sol Wilson and Phil Reisman. Worked primarily in oil and casein. There were a number of well known jewish artists included in the WPA FSA New Deal programs including Ben Shahn, William Gropper, Ben Zion, Abraham Rattner, Raphael and Moses Soyer and many more. Collections: Butler Institute of American Art Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences (VA) Tel Aviv Museum of Art Exhibitions: Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, DC) biennial, 1951 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts annual, 1951 National Academy of Design (New York), 1951, 1952, 1953 and 1956