ITEM# 6941
Abstract composition oil on canvas by American born artist Benno Benjamin. Signed "Benno" and inscribed as titled 9 rue Campagne 1es Paris (14 ere) on reverse. Nicely re matted and framed. Overall; 21 inches high by 16 and one half inches wide.. Benno was born in America of Russian Jewish heritage and on the death of his mother in 1905 was sent to his grandparents in Russia. He remained there until his father brought him back to New York in 1912. As his father was an anarchist; he placed his son in a school affiliated with the anarchist movement in New York. At the Ferreer School, he had the opportunity to study are with Robert Henri and George Bellows amercing himself in the art community that included such members of the Stieglitz circle as Abraham Walkowitz and Man Ray. He is a very well listed artist and is in many important collections world wide.