Robert (Bob )Rheem, Abstract Oil on Canvas (1957)

Description What an unexpected combination of color --blues, chartreuse, and orange, but it works.  Robert "Bob" Rheem, along with his lifelong partner and fellow artist Liam O'Gallagher, were both students of Hans Hofmann.  This is a pretty classic abstract expressionist painting -- is it a poppy field? -- from this important period in American painting. More than that, it is happy, colorful and vibrant (in a California kind of way). Details Robert Rheem (American, 20th century) Untitled, California inscribed on verso Oil on canvas Signed and dated in lower right hand corner 16" x 20" (overall) 14 1/2" x 18 1/2" (sight) Newly cleaned, varnished and framed About the Artist It has been difficult to gather details about the life of Robert "Bob" Rheem because his is so closely intertwined, and overshadowed, by that of his life partner, the late Liam O'Gallagher.  They studied together with Hans Hofmann at the Art Students League in New York in 1946 and then relocated to the Chinatown