Amanda Roth Block (1912 - 2011) American, Watercolor on Paper Abstract Expressionist "Expanding Red". Abstract artwork features fluid, soft-edged washes of vibrant green, yellow, and blue watercolor bleeding across a white background within a gold-toned metal frame. Signed middle bottom, dated 1980. Titled lower right. Framed.

Overall Size: 30 1/2 x 43 1/2 in.
Sight Size: 22 x 26 in.

Amanda Roth Block (1912–2011) was an American Abstract Expressionist painter and printmaker born in Louisville, Kentucky. She studied at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and later earned a BFA from the John Herron School of Art in Indianapolis in 1960, after which she developed a substantial body of paintings, drawings, lithographs, and mixed-media works. Block was particularly recognized for her vivid color sense, large abstract landscapes, and expressive depictions of the female figure, and she taught drawing and lithography at Herron. Her work was exhibited widely and is held in numerous public collections, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Cincinnati Art Museum, and Tucson Museum of Art

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