November 2005 Auction
Lot 112. Seated nude woman. Watercolor and ink on paper, signed and dated "Shampanier 1928" on the upper left corner. Matted and framed under glass. Image measures approx. 16-1/4" x 11-1/2", framed overall approx. 21" x 16-1/2". Abram August Shampanier received his training in art at the Art Students League of New York. Working under Frank Vincent DuMond, Kenneth Hayes Miller, F. Louis Mora, George B. Bridgeman, Ernest Blumenschein, and Guy Rose. Most of his career Shampanier spent in New York, and was associated with such artists as Peggy Bacon, Alexander Brook, Paul Fini, Eugene Speicher, Henry Mattson, and Yasuo Kuniyoshi. He worked extensively as a muralist in the New York city area; however, portraits and different techniques of painting were his strong suits.
150.00/250.00 Sold $149.50