Bud Wehrheim (1910-2001), Wild Flowers, Oil On Canvas, Signed, Dated 1948, Framed

Bud Wehrheim was an American artist born in 1910 in St. Louis (MO), USA. He attended the Baltimore School for the Arts until 1932 before traveling to Europe, first to Munich, then Italy, and finally to Paris in 1934, where he worked with Ossip Zadkine before meeting Leopold Survage, whose student he became and with whom he developed a close friendship. In 1935, he returned to the United States, settling near New York, and began his career as a painter by participating in numerous exhibitions. He was drafted into the Marine Corps during World War II and sent to Iceland and then to the Pacific Islands. In 1949, on a scholarship, he came to study in Paris, attending the Académie Montmartre and studying under Fernand Léger and André Lhote. There he reunited with his friend L. Survage. Between 1952 and 1968, he exhibited in Paris and New York in various galleries (Mouffetard, Paris and Altdorper, New York). From 1961, he divided his time between Paris and Greece, where he settled on the island of Skyros. His painting, previously heavily influenced by Surrealism and his friendship with Survage, began to focus on Greece and mythology. From 1976, he lived, worked, and exhibited in the Ardèche region of France until his death in 2001. Large oil on canvas, new stretcher. Dated lower left, November 3, 1948 (American style), next to the signature. Shipping available worldwide.