Von Wict Grotto Signed Proof

Signed proof of print titled "Grotto" by John Von Wicht, a well-known 20th century German American expressionist artist. 

Unframed, measures 13.25"x26"

Born in 1888, John von Wicht was highly trained in fine and applied arts in his native Germany before he immigrated to the United States in 1923. During his work with a New York lithography company; and later a firm making stained glass and mosaics; he learned to use symbols rather than naturalistic motifs, and explored both geometry and dense color in abstract paintings and in murals for radio station WNYC and the New York World's Fair.

Von Wicht had his first solo show in 1936. Followed, in 1939, by an exhibition of his paintings at Theodor A. Kohn Gallery. The show at Kohn was well received by the New York press, and the following year he exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art. This exposure cemented von Wicht's reputation as an abstract painter. Throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, he exhibited frequently in solo and group exhibitions in New York and around the country. He was invited to join the American Abstract Artists and the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors. At the time of his dearth in 1970, von Wicht had received international acclaim.