Vintage Oil Painting Jon Serl

I have a vintage original oil on canvas painting by self-taught American Expressionist painter Jon Serl (1894-1993) in excellent condition. The portrait painting is titled That Lesbian Aunt and was purchased from the estate of a collector in southern Arizona. It is not signed to my eye which is quite typical of Serl’s paintings. This may be Aunt Nettie who is currently on exhibit in Serl’s painting at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM). Approximate Measurements- H- 21” L- 17” D- 1” As a child, Serl performed in his family's traveling vaudeville show, and this experience provided an essential element of his mature painting style. When Serl began painting inearnest after World War II, his earliest compositions were landscapes. By the mid to late 1950s, Serl's vision had turned toward expressionist figurative studies that continue to command his attention. His portrayals of human interaction are usually stagelike, achieving their mysterious qualities by a masterful use of color. "You don't see my paintings," Serl insists, "you feel them." Selected Collections: American Folk Art Museum~New York Laguna Art Museum~Laguna Beach Milwaukee Art Museum~Milwaukee New Orleans Museum of Art~New Orleans Newport Harbor Art Museum~Newport Beach Oakland Museum of California~Oakland Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center~Washington, D.C. Price firm.