01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, Hugo Ballin's Two women in a meadow, with footnotes # 182

Hugo Ballin, (1879-1956 Santa Monica, CA)

Two women in a meadow, c. 1907

Oil on canvas

30" H x 40" W

Private collection

Estimate at $700 - $900. Sold for $450.00 on October 2020

Hugo Ballin NA (March 7, 1879 – November 27, 1956) was an American artist, muralist, author and film director. Ballin was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the National Academy of Design.

Ballin was born in New York City and studied at the Art Students League of New York. When the Wisconsin State Capital was built in the early 20th Century, Ballin created 26 murals for its interior. In 1917 he began working for Goldwyn Pictures in New Jersey as an art director and production designer, and in 1921 he moved to Los Angeles at the request of Samuel Goldwyn. He was soon also directing, writing, and producing silent films for his own production company. He was married to the actress Mabel Croft Ballin.

When Hollywood began making talking pictures, Ballin left the film industry to return to his first career as a classically trained artist. He became one of the foremost muralists in the Los Angeles area, producing murals which still stand at landmark locations.

Ballin became a National Academician in 1906 when the Society of American Artists, to which he was elected in 1905, merged with the Nation Academy of Design. That same year, Ballin received the National Academy of Design’s Thomas B. Clarke Prize for his work. More on Hugo Ballin

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