Bidspirit auction | KALMENOFF, MATTHEW

KALMENOFF, MATTHEW - The Hebrew Scholar.. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated by the artist in red lower right. Framed. 31.5 x 36.5 inches (80 x 92.7 cm). 1932 An uncommon subject-matter for the American-born Mathew Kalmenoff (1905-86). Set in a domestic setting, the Expressionistically painted style suitably conveys the intensity of the subject’s engrossed devotion to the text before him.