Bidspirit auction | PAUL MELTSNER AMERICAN MALE PORTRAIT

PAUL MELTSNER AMERICAN MALE PORTRAIT OIL PAINTING - Paul Meltsner (American, 1905–1966). Oil painting on canvas. Portrait of a young man against a landscape scenery. Titled 'Portrait of a Youth'. Dated ca. 1940. Signed lower left. Framed. Born in New York City, painter and lithographer Paul Raphael Meltsner studied at the National Academy of Design and began his career as a magazine illustrator. With the onset of the Great Depression, Meltsner found employment with the Federal Arts Project of the Works Progress Adminstration and toured the United States, portraying industrial and agricultural workers in their everyday surroundings in paintings, prints, and murals. Keywords: Collectibles, Fine Art, 20th Century Painting, Portraiture, American Art, Modernist Social Realism. Dimensions Frame 34 x 29 in. Image 25 x 20 in. The measurements are approximate. Condition Overall good condition, consistent with age. The surface shows light wear, hairlines, stains and chips on the frame. No damage, or restorations observed. Please refer to the photos. Sold as is..