Composition No. 70
Albert E. Gallatin (American, 1881–1952)

Details
Title
Composition No. 70
Artist/Maker
Albert E. Gallatin (American, 1881–1952)
Date
1944
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
25 x 30 inches
Credit
Purchase with funds from Margaret and Terry Stent Endowment for the Acquisition of American Art, Candy and Kevin O'Gara, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schwob and the Jean and Glenn Verrill Foundation
Accession #
2006.7
A key figure in the American Abstract Artists (AAA) group, Albert E. Gallatin traveled frequently to Paris in the 1920s. He visited the studios of leading artists such as Pablo Picasso and soon developed an extensive collection that he opened to the public as the Gallery of Living Art. Though he was more influential as a collector and facilitator for American artists and audiences than as a painter, he produced a sizeable body of work. This piece reflects his admiration for the flattened style associated with Cubists and the restraint of color exercised by other artists he admired, like Piet Mondrian.