Robert Jay Wolff (American, 1905-1977), Untitled

Mixed media on paper, signed at lower right and lower left, float mounted and framed under glass. Sheet size 29 x 23 in.; Frame dimensions 35 3/4 x 29 3/4 in. Robert Jay Wolff was an American abstract painter, sculptor, designer, and educator recognized as an early pioneer of American abstraction. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he attended Yale University before studying at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1928 and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1930, where he trained under sculptor Henri Bouchard. Returning to Chicago, Wolff exhibited extensively at the Art Institute of Chicago, including a solo exhibition in 1935. He joined the American Abstract Artists group in 1937 and worked alongside László Moholy-Nagy in establishing the New Bauhaus in Chicago in 1938. Following World War II, he became chairman of the art department at Brooklyn College, serving from 1946 to 1964, where his faculty included prominent artists such as Mark Rothko and Ad Reinhardt. Wolff was also an influential writer and educator, publishing Elements of Design through the Museum of Modern Art and Essays on Art and Learning in 1971. His work is represented in major museum collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, Brooklyn Museum, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, and Tate Gallery in London. Minor rubbing and nicking to frame; not examined out of the frame.

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