Description: This is an endearing and historically significant Antique Modern 1930s WPA Black Carribean Woman Child Portrait Painting, Oil on Canvas, by the 20th century female WPA artist and world traveler, Valeria Ungar (spelled incorrectly as Unger on AskArt and in Peter Hasting's Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975.) This artwork depicts a young Haitian mother, holding her infant child in her lap, and sitting in a wooden rocking chair. Behind her, a thatched hut dwelling and wild pig can be seen. The mother's face displays a dignified stoicism, and her small child clings to her bosom for comfort and stability. This piece was created during the early 1930's, when Ungar travelled to Haiti and painted wonderful scenes of domestic life on the small island. The artist portrayed the Haitians with dignity and beauty, a rare trait for White artists who painted Black subjects in the 1930's Jim Crow Era United States. Signed: "V. Ungar" in the lower right corner. There is very little biographical information on this artist, however I have included an English translation of a Haitian article from Port-Au-Prince, dated to 1934, which lauds the artist as a beautiful and fine painter, among other accolades. Approximately 25 x 30 inches (including frame.) Actual artwork is approximately 18 7/8 x 24 inches. Very good condition for nearly a century of age and storage, with mild - moderate scratches, scuffs and edge wear to the original period vintage wood frame. Acquired from an old estate in Los Angeles County, California. Priced to Sell. To my knowledge, very few original paintings by this talented painter have ever surfaced on the secondary market. If you like what you see, I encourage you to make an Offer. Please check out my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks! About the Artist: Valeria UngerValeria Unger (mid 20th century) was active/lived in United States. 1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes Lady Valeria Ungar Le Temps, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. June 1934 "At the Excelsior hotel. A young stranger to adults eyes and an ingenuous smile, under brown hair. Of eyes so big that they seem destined to capture all the beauty of the world: it is a twenty-year-old painter, Mademoiselle Valeria Ungar. Of Hungarian origin, she is fixed in New York where she recently exhibited yet another highly appreciated set of truly remarkable paintings. 'Mademoiselle Ungar, who in turn has been seduced by the beauties of our nature, would like to spend perhaps a year among We. But we have already seen some of her paintings value: portrait of Senator N... Peasant women on our roads (she gave several replicas of this painting) a kid crouching, another on a crate, a little girl like a “dodine” playing the little mother (these three extremes) 1) And there is a pensive and luminous portrait of an American rifleman, and a palm tree solitary on the edge of ·Ill bay, both very characteristic in the largo, a sincere way of! This was a general exhibition of her paintings which will have inspired the beauty of my dear country."
Price: 1350 USD
Location: Orange, California
End Time: 2024-09-04T18:59:58.000Z
Shipping Cost: 25 USD
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Artist: Valeria Ungar
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Signed By: Valeria Ungar
Size: Medium
Signed: Yes
Period: Art Deco (1920-1940)
Material: Canvas, Oil
Region of Origin: California, USA
Framing: Framed
Subject: Africa, Botanical, Children & Infants, Community Life, Family, Figures, Forest, Ladies, Landscape, Plants, Seasons, Silhouettes, Still Life, Tree, Women, Working Life, Haiti
Type: Painting
Year of Production: 1930
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 30 in
Theme: Architecture, Art, Cities & Towns, Continents & Countries, Cultures & Ethnicities, Domestic & Family Life, Exhibitions, Famous Places, History, Nature, People, Portrait, Social History
Style: Art Deco, Caribbean, Figurative Art, Impressionism, Modernism, Portraiture, Realism, WPA, Social Realism
Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
Production Technique: Oil Painting
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Width: 25 in
Handmade: Yes
Time Period Produced: 1925-1949
