The Music Party (Daniel Alain Brustlein on cello and Edwin Dickinson on violin)
1948 (SOLD)
Oil on paper laid down on canvas
24 x 36 inches (61 x 91.4 cm)
Signed titled and dated verso
Ex-collection:
The estate of the artist and by descent until the present
About the Painting:
Daniel ‘Alain’ Brustlein (1904-1996)
is considered one of the foremost illustrators and painters in America. A noted cartoonist for such illustrious publications as The New Yorker where he signed his work ‘Alain’ Brustlein later became a reputable painter noted for his figurative compositions and expressionistic canvases.
Edwin Dickinson (1891-1978)
was an American painter and draftsman known for his psychologically charged self-portraits and landscapes. His art, always grounded in realism, shows connections to symbolism and surrealism.