Walter Sorge 1962 Mixed Media Portrait Drawing
$120.00
A 1962 mixed media portrait drawing by the Canadian artist Walter Sorge (1931-2021). This graphite and watercolor drawing features a portrait of a woman with red lids and green eyes slightly looking down. Held in a wooden frame against a black mat, this piece is signed and dated to the lower left.
Born in Alberta, Canada, Walter Felix Sorge attended UCLA and received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from there during the 1950s. He continued his education at Columbia University in New York where he received his Doctorate in Fine Art and Fine Art Education. Sorge also studied under Stanley William Hayter in Paris and worked at Atelier 17. He later had an extensive career as an art educator and served as head of the art department at Kentucky Southern College in Louisville, the head of the art department at Hardin Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, as well as chairman of the art department at Eastern Illinois University. Sorge exhibited widely during his lifetime in the United States and abroad.
Measurements:
11” W x 13” H x .5” D (frame); 7” W x 9.5” H (sight).
Condition notes:
Scratches and wear to frame.
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