Jack Meanwell 1992 Abstract Watercolor Painting

Item Details

Jack Meanwell (Cincinnati, Ohio; 1919 – 2005)
Untitled (abstract composition), 1992
Watercolor on paper
Signed to lower left

A 1992 abstract watercolor painting on paper by well-listed American Abstract Expressionist Jack Meanwell (Cincinnati, Ohio; 1919 – 2005). This work depicts ambiguous shapes of varying tones, pulsating and breathing in to one another. Artist signature is signed and dated to the lower left. This work is presented without framing or mounting.

Hailing from Ontario, Canada, Jack Meanwell began his formal artistic training at the Detroit Art Academy and the Society of Arts and Crafts during the Great Depression, focusing on commercial arts, before joining the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. After a brief and unfulfilling career advertising for Ford and Chrysler in 1945, Meanwell and his family relocated to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he would eventually call home and realize his true calling, painting and instructing with great zeal at the Art Academy of Cincinnati for over 25 years. Meanwell remains one of the most highly sought-after collected Cincinnati painters and is often associated with fellow Cincinnati painter and friend, Paul Chidlaw. His works are represented in the permanent collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum.

Condition

- light toning and wear throughout sheet.

Dimensions

Item #

18CIN698-014