Merle Rosen Acrylic Paintings
Item Details
Merle Rosen (Cincinnati, Ohio; 1949-2017)
Untitled, 2008
Acrylic paintings with varnish on canvas
Both signed to the verso
One piece inscribed with varnish type to verso, other marked “No Top”
Merle Rosen (1949 – 2017) was a prominent Cincinnati folk artist, creating art for more than 40 years. She showed extensively in museums and galleries including the Contemporary Arts Center (Cincinnati), J.B. Speed Museum (Louisville, KY), Kharkiv Museum in the Ukraine, Cincinnati Art Galleries, Carnegie Arts Center (Covington, KY), Chaucer Galleries (Scottsdale, AZ), and C.A.G.E. During her lifetime, Rosen received six individual artists grants from the City of Cincinnati. In addition to institutional and private collections, Rosen’s work his housed in numerous corporate collections, including: The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati Bell, Scripps Howard, Bethesda Hospitals, Ulmer & Berne and Cardinal Aluminum. Rosen worked in a multitude of mediums and she began teaching art professionally at the age of 15 and taught throughout her career.
Provenance
From the estate of Merle Rosen.
Dimensions
- measures one of two.
Item #
18DCC500-504