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The Metamorphosis of a Persecuted Star Oil | Benjamin Benno

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The Metamorphosis of a Persecuted Star

Name: The Metamorphosis Of A Persecuted Star | Benjamin Benno
Brand: RoGallery
SKU: 74600

Benjamin Benno

$40,000

American (1901–1980)

Date: 1938
Oil on Canvas, signed and dated lower right
Size: 80 x 67 in. (203.2 x 170.18 cm)
Frame Size: 84 x 71 inches

$40,000

Framed

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about The Metamorphosis of a Persecuted Star

This avant-garde portrayal of a woman highlights the prismatic attributes of Benjamin Benno’s work influenced by Cubism, transforming the subject into a crystalline, jagged figure illuminated by sunlight that filters through her translucent body.

This large painting is signed and dated lower left.

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About The Artist: Benjamin Benno

Born in 1901, Benjamin Greenstein Benno was regarded as an artistic prodigy from a young age. After living in Russia for a short time after the death of his mother in 1905, Benno and his father relocated to New York where he was quickly enrolled in the Ferrer Modern School at the young age of eleven. After studying for several years at the progressive school, Benno moved to Paris in 1926 but returned to New York only a few years later in 1931....

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About The Medium: Oil

Process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. Commonly used drying oils include linseed oil, poppy seed oil, walnut oil, and safflower oil.

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