Coloring Outside the Lines: The Art of Anders Aldrin (1889-1970)

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Trained at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles from 1923 to 1926 and in private painting sessions with his friend Edouard Vysekal, Anders Aldrin was cited in a 1926 Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art publication as “one of the best trained and most promising students that [Otis] has had the pleasure of working with.” From there, he won a scholarship to study with teacher Frank Morley Fletcher at the Santa Barbara School of Art. He then continued on to the California School of Fine Arts. As an immigrant who had worked many years to fulfill his dream of becoming an artist, Aldrin pursued his dream with both passion and tenacity.

FRONT COVER: The Inlet, 1939 42 x 48 inches | oil on canvas FROM TOP: Three Green Horses, c. 1940 28 x 32 inches | oil on canvas Los Feliz Hills, 1933 10 x 13.5 inches | oil on panel

He also stands out in a crowd. Early on, Aldrin began to make paintings that were vastly different than those of his teachers. He focused his energy on creating new and interesting color harmonies and on pushing the limits of abstraction with compositions that are full of confident, expressive brushstrokes. Accolades came more often than sales in the conservative LA art market, but recent investigations of California’s contributions to the development of American Modern art have put Aldrin in the vanguard. It is enormously gratifying to see such a worthy artist finally get his due.

Sullivan Goss is proud to represent the Estate of the Artist and looks forward to presenting an exhibition of paintings and pastels that haven’t been seen in over fifty years.