Louis Schanker was my husbands Great Uncle and he inherited this and other Schanker originals.
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- Schanker was known for his unorthodox and creative approach to color woodcuts. He printed with oil-based inks, often layering multiple colors before the previous ones had dried, resulting in unique monoprints.
- Louis Schanker’s artistic journey was unconventional—he quit school as a teenager, joined the circus, worked in wheat fields, and rode the rails. Later, he studied art in New York and spent time in Paris.
- Schanker was a muralist, graphic arts supervisor for the WPA (Works Progress Administration), and a founding member of The Ten, an influential artist group.
- His work evolved from natural forms, even though it’s often classified as abstract. He had great respect for nature’s shapes and expressed himself in relation to those forms.
- Schanker taught art, first at the New School for Social Research and later at Bard College.
- This artwork exemplifies his innovative use of color and expressive techniques.
Louis Schanker was a Contemporary of Mark Rothko (aka, Marcus Rothkowitz), at Arts Students League in New York City in the 1920's.
In 1935 Schanker and others (Ilya Bolotowsky, Ben-Zion, Mark Rothko, Adolph Gottlieb, Joseph Solman, Tschacbasov, Lou Harris, and Ralph Rosenborg) formed a group called "The Ten" to protest The NY Whitney Museum's lack of support for American Abstract Artists and preference for traditional European representational styles.
Here are some links on Louis Schankers Works, galleries and museums that he's been in.
Some of the many museums that Own Louis Schanker Works of Art. And other informative links
http://www.louisschanker.info/col.htm
http://www.louisschanker.info/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Schanker
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/artists/2137/objects
http://www.susantellergallery.com/cgi/STG_art.pl?artist=schanker
https://www.mercurygallery.com/zenphoto/louis-schanker/
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