בידספיריט | The Edge of the Forest

The Edge of the Forest by Frank Roth 1936- - Description Signed, dated 1959 and titled (on the reverse) Technique Oil on canvas Date Created 1959 Dimensions 122 x 111 cm Provenance Estate of Sami Yochananof Condition Good Biography American abstract painter, born in Boston in 1936. Sudied first at the Cooper Union Art School and then in 1955 at Hans Hofmann's school. First one-man exhibition at the Artists' Gallery, New York, 1958. Began by painting in a romantic Abstract Expressionist style, with large, loose-edged patches of colour, then developed a more restless, active treatment with loops, intercepted lines and torn shapes. Received various awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship 1964.