Adolf Konrad Oil Painting of Female Nude, Late 20th Century

Item Details

Adolf Konrad (New Jersey, 1915 – 2003)
Untitled (female nude), late 20th century
Oil painting on board
Signed “Konrad” to the lower right
Marked with possible date to the verso “1957”

Adolf Konrad sometimes known as the ‘painter laureate of Newark’ was born in Bremen, Germany. He studied at the Scharrelman Schule and traveled to the German Worpswede art colony with his family. He immigrated to United States prior to World War II and his family settled in New Jersey where he studied at the Fawcett Art School and the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts under Bernard Gussow. He taught at Newark State College and in 1966, he had a one-man show at the Newark Museum. His work is held in the permanent collections of the Newark Museum, the New Jersey State Museum, and the National Academy of Design in New York.

Condition

- heavy wear to edges of frame; dust and accretions present to glass and frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible image measures 2.5" W x 4.25" H.

Item #

ITMA0003IN