Fritz Rauh (1920-2011), Oil on Canvas Abstract Painting. Dated 1999 and signed lower right. 

Overall Size: 40 1/2 x 50 1/2 in.

Sight Size: 40 x 50 in.

Provenance: Private collection, San Francisco.

Fritz Rauh studied four years at the Braunscgweig Art School and Academy (1952), Germany. Came to the United states in 1954 and became associated with Richard Bowman, Lee Mullican and Fred Riechman who painted in abstraction based on sources both in nature and Oriental art. Solo Exhibitions: M.H. De Young Museum San Francisco, 1956; David Cole Gallery, Sausalito, 1959; Louvre Gallery, San Francisco, 1963; San Francisco Museum of Art, 1967; Trutton Gallery, San Francisco, 1968; Rose Rabow Gallery, San Francisco, 1969, 74, 75, 77; William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, 1971, 72; Selected Exhibitions: International Art Show at EXPO 70, Osaka, Japan; Creation, Gallery Schreinber, Basil, Switzerland, 1978; San Francisco Bay Area Painters, Gallerie B. Haasner, Wiesbaden, Germany.

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