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Fred Conway (American 1900-1973) St. Louis Planetarium, Acrylic on Canvas, signed

Sold for $475 at Woodard Lipe on May 3, 2025.

Fred Conway (American 1900-1973) St. Louis Planetarium, Acrylic on Canvas, signed auction lot image

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Sight height 12 in, width 16 in, Framed height 22.25 in, width 26.25 in. Frederick Conway was a painter, educator and lecturer. When Max Beckmann was in residence at Washington University, Conway and he became close associates. He was born in Saint Louis, Missouri and studied at the Saint Louis School of Fine Arts and in Paris at the Academie Julian, the Academy Moderne, and the Academy Grande Chaumiere. He has done murals for the WPA (Works Progress Administration) and exhibited widely including at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Kansas City Art Institute and the Corcoran Gallery in Washington DC. This piece depicts Union Station in downtown St. Louis, Missouri.

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