AW142: Max Band Post Impressionist Harbor Scene Oil on Canvas

Max Band (Lithuanian/American 1900-1974) Post Impressionist Harbor Scene Oil on Canvas. This painting dates to the 1940's and is signed lower left "Max  Band".

Dimensions: Sight 18" x 23"; Frame 24 3/4" x 25 3/4"

Max Band is a noted and listed Lithuanian artist born in 1900 and died in 1974. In 1921 he entered the Academy of Art in Berlin and later studied art in Paris. He remained in the art metropolis for many productive years and was called a painter of “realistic expression.” His style is early modern abstract before 1950. He authored "History of Contemporary Art" in 1935 and settled in Hollywood where he stayed until his death in November 1974.

Provenance: With Butterfield's & Butterfield's (now part of Bonhams)