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Oil painting of two abstract standing figures in orange on black background.Helen Goldfus’ (1916-2012) paintings and etchings were exhibited in the Chicago area in the 1960s. She studied at the University of Chicago, the Art Institute of Chicago, the…

Painting of houses and industrial buildings with telephone poles and a white picket fence. Overall colors of dark blue, purple, and green on a light background. Undated.Known as Milwaukee’s “Milkman Artist,” Earl Gessert (1918-1996) worked as a…

Painting of gray houses with colorful shirts and linens on a clothesline alongside a dirt path. Signed bottom right.Irene Fisher (1921-2004) studied art at Northwestern University, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the North Shore Art League. She…

Abstract oil painting in yellow and orange. Signed bottom right.Modernist abstract painter Morris Barazani (1924-2015) moved to Chicago in the 1950s to join the Chicago Bauhaus movement at the Institute of Design where he worked with Laszlo Maholy…

Abstract acrylic painting with white swirls and shapes of orange, blue, and yellow. Signed bottom right. UndatedBarbara Aubin (1928-2014) was born in Chicago and studied Art Education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Until her…