Untitled (winter landscape), circa 1930’s
Oil on panel
22 x 28 inches
SOLD
Rosenbaum was one of Utah’s most enigmatic artists. While a student at Utah State Agricultural College, in Logan, Utah, he absorbed the influence of visiting artists Birger Sandzen, Ralph Stackpole, and Otis Oldfield. Several years later, in 1938 Rosenbaum made his way to the American Artists School and Art Students’ League in New York City for a year of structured training. He employed his modernist, expressive style into the paintings he produced during his time working for the WPA. After a tour of duty in WWII, Rosenbaum gradually became withdrawn and quit painting altogether. His landscape and genre paintings, such as this winter landscape, demonstrate his lyrical, tonal painting style at its best.
January Snow, Circa 1930’s
Oil on canvas
28 x 32.5 inches
SOLD
At the height of the depression in 1931, David Howell Rosenbaum studied with Calvin Fletcher at Utah State Agricultural College. He became part of a group of artists who embraced Fletcher’s modernist impulses, with emphasis on bold colors, flattened picture planes, and a move toward abstraction. This coincided with the WPA Federal Arts Project, during which Rosenbaum painted some of his best works. He was one of Utah’s most expressive painters and created dynamic, well-designed compositions such as this one. At the height of the depression in 1931, David Howell Rosenbaum studied with Calvin Fletcher at Utah State Agricultural College. He became part of a group of artists who embraced Fletcher’s modernist impulses, with emphasis on bold colors, flattened picture planes, and a move toward abstraction. This coincided with the WPA Federal Arts Project, during which Rosenbaum painted some of his best works. He was one of Utah’s most expressive painters and created dynamic, well-designed compositions such as this one.
