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Bena Virginia Frank Mayer (1900-1994)


20th Century New York Modernist best known for portrait and landscape paintings

Original signed oil painting on canvas


Titled "Saratoga Horses"


Canvas: 28"x 36"


Signed lower left--see photos


Signed and titled verso--see photos


Looks good/fair, in original "as found" untouched condition, old canvas patches, surface grime, stretcher bar marks, edge wear and losses to canvas corners, canvas needs re-stretching, unframed--please look at photos carefully.

 

Great looking composition by Bena V.F. Mayer depicting a Modernist style view of the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. Opened in 1863, it is often considered to be the oldest major sporting venue of any kind in the country, but is actually the fourth oldest racetrack in the U.S. This is a fine example of Mayer's work with a fantastic subject. My price of $899 is extremely reasonable and far below what one would be expected to pay for it in a gallery or at auction.


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Biography:

A portrait and landscape painter, Bena Mayer, also known as Bena Frank, was active in New York City as an artist and participant in numerous art-related organizations as well as prestigious exhibition venues.  Her husband was Ralph Mayer, who wrote A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques and The Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques.

She was a student at Cooper Union, Hunter College and the Art Students League, and among her teachers were Kenneth Hayes Miller, Gifford Beal, Cecilia Beaux, George Luks and Stuart Davis.  

Her memberships included the Art Students League, the Brooklyn Society of Artists, National Association of Women Artists and the New York Society of Women Artists, which she served as President in 1952-1953 and as Director. 

She exhibited with the Southern States League, Carnegie Institute, Salons of America and many more.



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