Bidspirit auction | HILDE KAYN AMERICAN OIL PAINTING

HILDE KAYN AMERICAN OIL PAINTING THE RESCUE 1940S - Hilde Band Kayn (American, 1903–1950). Oil painting on canvas. The artwork depicts a group of people carrying a woman uphill. The painting is executed in an expressive manner using saturated colors and dramatic lighting, resembling Romanticism or early Expressionism. Signed 'H.B. Kayn' lower right. Titled 'The Rescue' or 'Helping Hands'. Framed. Painting in the United States, 1945 expo label is attached to the backside. Hilde Kayn was born in Austria and moved to the U.S. in the 1920s. She attended the Art Students League in New York and studied under George Bridgman and George Luks. Her first exhibition at Argent Galleries in 1933 was not received favorably by the critics, but by the 1940s her work was winning major awards and examples of it began to enter major collections. Much of Kayn's work is comprised of grand romantic constructions with groups of figures clustered into different activities in a setting of classical antiquity often in ruins or under attack. In these it would seem that some great historical event were being depicted, but the moment is never identified in the title. The purpose seems to be to express the passion and emotion of the moment exalted beyond any specific context. Kayn executes these ideas with appropriate vigor, using a swift, expressive brushstroke, loaded brush, rich impasto and a light palette. Keywords: Collectibles, Fine Art, 20th Century Painting, Modernism, Women Artists. Dimensions Overall size: Frame 51 x 38 in. Image 42 x 29 1/2 in. All measurements are approximate. Condition Overall good vintage condition. Signs of age and wear. Refer to photos. Sold As Is.