AW536: Karl Eugene Fortess - WPA & Woodstock Artist - Expressionist Portrait - Oil on Canvas 117-18-03-03 inlaid decoration throughout

inlaid decoration throughout

Provenance: The Estate of David Karpeles

Dimensions:  8" x 6" x 5 1/2" (20

Frame 27 1/2" x 22 1/4"

Signed "JGN" lower right

AW536: Karl Eugene Fortess - WPA & Woodstock Artist - Expressionist Portrait - Oil on Canvas 117-18-03-03 inlaid decoration throughoutCOMMENTS: Karl Eugene Fortess Born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1907 & died in Woodstock, New York in 1993. After emigrating to the US Fortress studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago; the Art Students League in New York; and, the Woodstock School of Painting with Yasuo Kuniyoshi. He did work for the WPA (Works Progress Administration) in 1937. Fortess later taught at The Art Students League, the Brooklyn Museum Art School, Louisiana State University,