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Jeweled-Winter-Forest-Aubin.jpg
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…

Fusion-I-by-Morris-Barazani.jpg
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…

Farm-Laundry-by-Fisher.jpg
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…

Untitled-by-Earl-Gessert.jpg
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…

Conspirators-by-Goldfus.jpg
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…

Jungle-Library-by-Hall.jpg
Whimsical painting depicting animals, trees, and books painted in bright, vibrant colors. Signed bottom left. On original plaque: Norris HallJungle Library1991 The painting was purchased for Skokie Public Library’s 50th Anniversary with support from…

Silence-Winter-Hwang-2.jpg
Landscape painting of brown and beige mountains with snowy drifts and watery blue sky. Artist's chop marks top right and bottom left.On original plaque: Lydia HwangSILENCE (WINTER SCENERY)Gift ofFriends of Mary Radmacher Lydia Hwang (Pei-Quincita)…

Abstract-by-Kwok-Wai-Lau.jpg
Abstract oil painting with cubes, squares, and geometric shapes at the center of the image in colors of red, blue, black, and ochre. Different shades of yellow as background. Signed bottom right, "Lau."Originally from Hong Kong, Kwok Wai Lau…

Solitude-Gerda-M-Bernstein.jpg
Painting of an amorphous head and body in ochre on the left edge on an off-white background. Signed bottom right "G. Bernstein".As a child, Gerda Meyer Bernstein was a member of the Kindertransport, sent from Germany to England in 1938. Much of her…

I-Touched-by-Milam.jpg
Surreal painting of a series of wood doors in an open, barren landscape with cracked and dry ground and a green sky with a moon. There is a figure on the right side in the distant background.This painting is located on the north wall in the Computer…
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