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20″ X 24″ Oil Painting On Canvas Although true Impressionists avoid the use of black, Maurer breaks the rules of conventional academia and uses the darkness as a technique to enhance the surrounding colors in Model with a Japanese Fan created circa 1904. The blue fan and red hat become eye-catching elements in this lovely, balanced portrait of a woman in deep thought. A beautiful and sentimental piece or art, this paining will enhance any intimate setting and be a conversational piece for years to come. Alfred Henry Maurer (1868 – 1932) was an American painter. He exhibited his work in Avant-garde circles internationally and in New York City during the early twentieth century. Highly respected today, his work met with little critical or commercial success in his lifetime. Having the distinction of being America’s first modernist, Maurer experimented with many styles until settling into contemporary expression believing the overall perception of work was more important than the finer details. Above all, Maurer declared color arrangement to be the most important element in composition. He also believed art could not completely imitate nature, but nature could be intensified in art lending to his love and use of vivid color. Although much of Maurer’s works are privately held, many are included in the collection of the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Chicago Art Institute, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and countless other across the nation.
