MELVIN UMPHENOR ANTIQUE MODERN ABSTRACT CUBIST CUBISM OIL PAINTING VINTAGE 1968

Features

Signed, Framed

Size

Medium (up to 36in.)

Color

Multicolor

CAPTIVATING VINTAGE MID-CENTURY MODERN ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS BY NOTED MODERNIST PAINTER MELVIN UMPHENOUR. (CIRCA 1968). THIS WORK DEPICTS A STRIKING ABSTRACT FEMALE PORTRAIT BEAUTIFULLY RENDERED IN BOLD STROKES OF RED, WHITE, AND YELLOW WITH HINTS OF GREEN, CREATING A MOSIAC-LIKE COMPOSITION. THIS IS A FANTASTIC MODERNIST PAINTING. SIGNED AND DATED 1968 BY MELVIN UMPHENOUR. EXCELLENT OVERALL CONDITION. MILD SCRATCHES TO THE FRAME AS SHOWN. DIMENSIONS: 22”H x 16”W Melvin Umphenour June 3, 1925 — November 9, 2012 Melvin Walter Umphenour died at his home in Cerritos, California on November 9, 2012. He was born to Walter and AnnaBelle Ralph Umphenour on June 3, 1925 at their home in Pleasanton, Kansas. He graduated from Pleasanton High School and attended Fort Scott JUCO for one year. Then, he entered the Army in 1944, serving in the 242nd Infantry as a light machine gunner. His duty took him to France, Germany and Austria. His Rainbow Division freed the first concentration camp at Dachau near Munich, Germany. After the Army, Melvin moved to California. He married Arvella Moody in 1947 in LasVegas, Nevada and divorced in 1970. He worked in the construction trade as a metal lather advancing to superintendent, working on many downtown buildings in Los Angeles. He became a business agent finishing his career as union Auditor in 1995. Much of Melvin''s time was devoted to the following: art and painting, Order of the Eastern Star Los Angeles-25 year and 50 year member of Culver City Foshay Lodge; Illustrious Past Master of the She-Kinah Council of Southern California of Royal and Select Masters; Past High Priest of Los Angeles Chapter of Royal Arch Masons; Past Master of James A. Foshay Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons and Lost Angeles GoldenWest Commandery; Knights Templar, 32nd degree lifetime member of the Scottish Rite of Free Masonry Valley of Long Beach, Orient of California. He was an active member of the Grand Guardian Council of Bethel No 75 of the International Order of Jobs Daughters. Melvin had a gift for telling stories. He was a compassionate and giving person. Surviving are his sister, Cleda Fern Murray and brother, Edward Umphenour and 3 nieces and 6 nephews. He also leaves his special friend, Rosemary Legeary. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 AM, Friday, November 16, 2012 at the Pleasanton Cemetery, Pleasanton, Kansas.

Style

Modern

Medium

Oil