Lithograph by Paul Meltsner 'The Outcast"

Item Details

'The Outcast' by Paul  MELTSNER (1905-1967)
Lithograph circa 1935
Dimensions : approx. 11 ½ x10 ½ inches, wide margins.
signed and titled in pencil, lower margin
good impression, light foxing on edges

Meltsner was born in raised in New York City and studied at the National Academy of Design. During the 1930s, he painted a mural for the Bellevue, Ohio post office through the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. He was also a printmaker with the WPA. He toured the country, depicting industrial and agricultural settings in a social realist style, typical with WPA artists.