Two GP Studies
Two GP Studies
Arthur Osver
American, 1912 - 2006
1971
Acrylic and Oil on Paper
7 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (19.7 x 34.9 cm)
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Arthur Osver (1912–2006) was born in Chicago and studied at Northwestern University and the Art Institute before moving to New York, where he taught at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, Columbia University, and Cooper Union. He was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1952 and visited Italy and France throughout that decade, teaching at Yale University and Cooper Union in the late 1950s.
Osver came to St. Louis in 1960, serving as Professor of Art at Washington University until his retirement in 1981. He was the third high-profile artist attracted to the university by Dean Kenneth Hudson, who also hired Max Beckmann and Philip Guston. In St. Louis, Osver became a central figure in the city's artistic community, establishing himself as a master of abstract painting and urban landscapes.
Throughout his career, Osver remained fundamentally a landscapist, defining himself as an urban painter focused on "this world of wires and chimneys and tar paper and all the rest of it." "Two GP Studies" belongs to his series of experimental works exploring urban and abstract forms through mixed media. The acrylic and oil technique on paper allowed him to work with immediacy and layered color relationships, capturing the kinetic energy and geometric complexity of the modern city.
Osver's works are held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the St. Louis Art Museum, which hosted a retrospective of his work in 2000.
Arthur Osver (1912–2006) was born in Chicago and studied at Northwestern University and the Art Institute before moving to New York, where he taught at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, Columbia University, and Cooper Union. He was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1952 and visited Italy and France throughout that decade, teaching at Yale University and Cooper Union in the late 1950s.
Osver came to St. Louis in 1960, serving as Professor of Art at Washington University until his retirement in 1981. He was the third high-profile artist attracted to the university by Dean Kenneth Hudson, who also hired Max Beckmann and Philip Guston. In St. Louis, Osver became a central figure in the city's artistic community, establishing himself as a master of abstract painting and urban landscapes.
Throughout his career, Osver remained fundamentally a landscapist, defining himself as an urban painter focused on "this world of wires and chimneys and tar paper and all the rest of it." "Two GP Studies" belongs to his series of experimental works exploring urban and abstract forms through mixed media. The acrylic and oil technique on paper allowed him to work with immediacy and layered color relationships, capturing the kinetic energy and geometric complexity of the modern city.
Osver's works are held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the St. Louis Art Museum, which hosted a retrospective of his work in 2000.
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