Blue Divide 1978 Cataloged Painting 36x48
Roy Ahlgren
Original Painting : Acrylic on Stretched Canvas
Size : 36x48 in | 91x122 cm
Year1978
Estate SignedIn the Catalog Raisonne- Signed by the Son
Condition Good - Needs cleaning and restretching
Not FramedNot Framed
Provenance / HistoryPainting is from artist's estate and property of the estate.
Story / Additional InfoShown in artist's catalogue raisonne
Certificate of AuthenticityArt Brokerage
LID80379
Roy Ahlgren - United States
Art Brokerage:. Roy Ahlgren American Artist: b. 1927 - 2011. American Printmaker, painter and instructor, Roy Ahlgren was born in Erie, PA. In 1964 he began to work in the op and hard edge technique. Ahlgren began creating geometric abstract designs and continued to do so for 23 years. His media was both serigraphy and traditionally brushed pigment onto canvas. His compositions were unique with many being mathematically constructed with considerable precision. He received more than 60 prizes, among them purchase awards from the Seattle Art Museum, Minot State College, Texas Tech University Museum and the Mississippi Art Association. His work is in permanent collections of: the US Information Agency in Washington DC; the Butler Art Institute in Youngstown, OH; the Minneapolis Museum of Art; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Fredrikstad, Norway; and other museums in Japan, Poland, Viet Nam, Brazil and the Netherlands. Ahlgren has exhibited at the National Academy of Design Annual in New York, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the National Exhibition of Prints, the Library of Congress, and the International Exhibition of Graphic Art in Frechen, Germany. Listings wanted.