Henry Hensche (Massachusetts, Louisiana / Germany, 1899 – 1992) “Grey Day”

Henry Hensche (Massachusetts, Louisiana / Germany, 1899 – 1992) “Grey Day” Oil on board painting of a house in a landscape with a figure in the distance. Signed lower right. Inscribed verso. Hensche is considered by many in the art world to be unparalleled as a fine color visualist in the “art of seeing and painting”. He has been called an iconoclast, a pioneer, and the late Grand Central Art Galleries of New York named him, “L’Enfant Terrible of Academie”. He is known for teaching his students how to “key” a painting. Between 1922 and 1930 he won the Pulitzer Traveling Prize from Columbia University and the Hallgarten Award from the National Academy of Design. He has exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, The Corcoran, The Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, and many others. Sight size: 11.5 x 15.5 in. Overall Size: 17.5 x 21.5 in.