An Original & Scarce large painting on canvas by highly regarded and critically acclaimed artist EUGENE MASSIN

This vintage painting is in great condition depicting two nude women. Canvas measures 50 by 52 inches as displayed in the photo gallery.

Eugene MASSIN (1920-2003)  

Birth place: Galveston, TX

Addresses: Coconut Grove, FL

Profession: Painter, educator

Studied: AIC; Univ. Chicago (B.F.A., 1948); Escuela Univ. Bellas Artes, Mex. (M.F.A., 1949); 1st asst. to David Alfara Sequeiros, Mexican muralist.

Exhibited: MMA, 1953; WMAA, 1955; Art USA Invitational, 1959; Am. Fedn. Art traveling exhib., 1962; Southeastern Ann., Atlanta, Ga., 1964. Awards: humanities award, Univ. Miami, Fla., 1964 & 1971; artist-in-residence, Univ. WVa., 1966; research award, Esso, 1971.

Work: Brandeis Univ., Boston, Mass.; Lowe Mus., Univ. Miami, Fla.; Escuela Univ. Bellas Artes, Mex.; Ringling Mus., Fla; Norton Gal., Palm Beach, Fla. Commissions: mural, acrylic on acrylic sheet, Cafritz Co., Wash., DC, 1965-66; mural, acrylic/canvas, City Nat. Bank of Miami, Fla., 1966; mural, acrylic sheet (with Julia Busch), City Nat. Bank of Miami Beach, Fla, 1972; mural, acrylic, Southern Gen. Builders Inc., 1972; painting of Fla., World Book Encyclopedia, 1972.

Comments: Preferred media: acrylic sheet. Positions: pres, AEA, 1955-58, founder, Fla Chap.; adv., Arts Coun., 1960-64; adv., Cafritz Found. for Arts, Wash., DC, 1966; juror, Nat. Scholastic Art Awards, 1971. Teaching: instr., Univ. Wis., 1949-50; instr., Univ. SC, 1952; prof., Univ. Miami, Fla., 1954-. Publications: contribr., Art Techniques, Reinhold, 1965; "Lucite Spectrum," Du Pont Co Mag., 1967-68.

Sources: WW73; biographical movie developed for educ. TV, Miami, Fla., 1967-68; Julia Busch, "A Painter's Plastic Sculpture," Art J. (1970); Thelma Newman, Plastics as Design Form (Chilton, 19