Anders Aldrin (1889- 1970) Block Print - The Bouquet - Green Vase, Yellow Curtains AP1584

Measures 7 1/2" x 12". Frame is 17" x 21". Signed. Anders Gustave Aldrin was born in Sweden in 1889.  He immigrated to the United States in 1911 where he lived first in Chicago and later in Minneapolis.  While serving in the army in France during World War I, he contracted tuberculosis and was sent to Arizona to recuperate.  Though he showed a talent for art at an early age, it was not until he came to Arizona that he really began his career. Moving to Los Angeles in 1923, he attended the Otis Art Institute (1923-1927) where his talents were recognized with a full scholarship.  He also was awarded a full scholarship to the Santa Barbara School of the Arts and studied there from 1927 to 1930.  He returned to LA and began exhibiting his unusually expressive paintings locally, and was accorded a one-man show at the Los Angeles Museum in 1935.  He began to garnish high praise from local artists and critics alike. The Los Angeles Times art critic, Arthur Millier said he was "a quiet local