Description: You are viewing a late 1940s/early1950s Modernism oil on Masonite painting of a Parisian street scene signed on the back "Salko" and the front indicates it as the "Rue de Lafitte"No cracks chips or repairs & painted in a loose brushstroke in oils on a Masonite panel.Measures 21 inches by 25 inches in its original mid century white and brushed gold ornate frame. Masonite panel alone is 16" X 20". Photo #11 shows texture of the oil on Masonite panel. Salko exhibited in Rhode Island, Philadelphia Pennsylvania,Portland Maine and the West Coast and is in many private collections. The Parisian scene is unique in its treatment & setting and has deeper colors than the usual Impressionist paintings. "Samuel Salko (1888 - 1968) was active/lived in Pennsylvania and the Russian Federation. He is known as a painter and decorator.Salko was born in Russia and studied in art schools there, but left as a young man arriving in Seattle by way of China. He worked in different trades there before he came to Philadelphia where he was naturalized as a US citizen. He won a scholarship to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and during WWII he worked as artist/illustrator at the Frankford Arsenal and received a certificate from the War Department for his praiseworthy contribution to the war effort". Purchased in an estate sale in Bucks County. PA. Please view our other unique items for sale Thanks!
Price: 175 USD
Location: Quakertown, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2024-12-18T14:19:13.000Z
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Type: Painting
Artist: Samuel SALKO Listed Artist
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Size: Medium
Theme: Parisian Street Cityscape
Style: Impressionism
Material: Oil On Masonite Board
Production Technique: Oil Painting
Subject: Cityscapes
