Christopher Lane, Untitled Oil on Canvas (1961)

Description This is an abstracted landscape rendered in oil on canvas by the artist Christopher Lane.  This was completed during Lane's three year stay in Paris and a year before he had his one man show in London organized by the well known art critic Helen Lessore, director of the Beaux Arts Gallery.    Details Christopher Lane (American, 1937- ) Untitled abstract landscape Oil on canvas Signed and dated "Christopher Lane, '61, Paris" on stretcher 36 1/4" x 36 1/4" (overall) New linen liner inside original frame About the Artist Born in 1937, Christopher Lane had a brilliant career for four decades, beginning as an art student at Goddard College in Vermont, followed by study at the Escuela Esmeralda de Pintura et Sculptura in Mexico City and three years living and painting in Paris from 1959-1962.  Upon his return to New York, he caught the eye of Frank O'Hara, Assistant Curator of Painting at MOMA, who invited Lane to participate in the exhibition  “Recent Landscapes by Nine Am