California Style Painting "Magician's House" by Listed Artist Lois Cohen Green

Fine Art : Paintings

 

Original painting on board, gouache/watercolor, titled “Magician’s House, Los Angeles, California” by the well listed artist Lois Cohen Green. This work measures 19 x 26 and is framed in a gold toned contemporary molding. Signed lower right corner. Title is written in pencil on the back of the frame. This work was part of a larger collection of works by the same artist from a local estate. Condition is very good. This is a very colorful picture of a funky Victorian mansion. I can’t find a specific reference to a “Magician’s House,” perhaps the artist was painting more of a haunted house or similar subject. A fun work by a highly regarded California artist known for her “California Style” watercolors.

Lois Cohen Green, (1919-present) Lois Cohen Green – Nationally known painter and printmaker. Listed in various art reference volumes including Who Was Who in American Art (FALK). Born in Chicago, Illinois, on February 22, 1919. Green studied at Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh, PA and with Samuel Rosenberg. She worked as a fashion illustrator in Pittsburgh before moving to Los Angeles, California, in 1938. She further studied there at the Chouinard School of Art and at UCLA while working as a motion picture illustrator and painting in her leisure. In 1945 she married Eugene Cohen and continued her art career. Beginning in 1973 she created the paintings for projection at Griffith Observatory. Upon retirement in 1986, she moved to Paradise, CA where she is currently living. Primarily a watercolorist, her work also includes oils and prints. Her subject matter includes figures, landscapes, animals, and urban scenes. In '99 she was included in an exhibition called "This Side of Eden: Images of Steinbeck's California" by the Steinbeck Center. Member: Los Angeles Art Association; California Watercolor Society. Group shows include: Los Angeles Art Association, 1939 1986 San Diego Museum, 1952 Pasadena Museum, 1953 de Young Museum, San Francisco, 1954 Oakland Museum, 1958 Santa Paula Museum, 1960. Works held: Harvard University (mural at planetarium). Listed: Edan Milton Hughes, Artist in California, 1786-1940, vol. II Who Was Who in American Art

Item ID: GRE02022007