Untitled, Paris, February 1, 1937
Untitled, Paris, February 1, 1937
Artist
Charles Joseph Biederman
(1906 - 2004)
Date1937
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions46 × 35 in. (116.8 × 88.9 cm)
Framed: 51 × 40 × 2 in.
Framed: 51 × 40 × 2 in.
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2015.33
Signedl.r.: Ch. Biederman / Paris 2/1/37
Accession number
2015.33
On View
Not on viewLabel TextCharles Biederman was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Czech immigrants. As a student at the Art Institute of Chicago, he gravitated to modern French painting styles. A year in Paris from 1936 to 1937 exposed Biederman to new styles of abstract painting. In response, he created a series of works, including Untitled, Paris, February 1, 1937, featuring floating shapes rendered three-dimensionally on planes of bold color. Following his stay in Paris, Biederman ultimately turned to sculpture as a means to more fully explore three-dimensional abstraction.
