Guarisco Gallery 2012

78 Louis Kronberg, N.A. nown as “the painter of dancers,” Louis Kronberg was a prolific artist who was well known for his oil and pastel portraits of ballet and Spanish flamenco dancers, as well as his recumbent nudes. Born in Boston, Kronberg traveled to Paris in 1894, where he was exposed to the bright, loosely painted work of the Impressionists as well as to the subject matter—ballet dancers—and the radical com- positions of Edgar Degas, with whom he studied the medium of pastel. A spiritual man, Kronberg frequently signed his works with a Star of David next to his signature. Exhibitions: Nat. Academy of Design; Académie Julien, Paris; Penn. Acad. of Fine Arts, Phila.; Boston Mus. of Fine Arts [ Museums: Art Inst. of Chicago; Met. Mus. of Art; Boston Mus. of Fine Arts; Musée d’Orsay, Paris; Penn. Acad. of Fine Arts; San Diego Mus. of Art] Kronberg’s work combined the formal elements of the Boston School of painting—strong figural presence and a high degree of finish— with the subject matter and unconventional cropping of the Impres- sionists, particularly the work of Edgar Degas. Louis Kronberg Am., 1872-1965 Ballerina with Fan in Pink Dress signed, pastel on paper 27” x 20-3/4” 39-1/2” x 32-1/2” fr. Louis Kronberg (Am., 1872-1965) Ballet Papillon signed, d. 1918, o/c 25” x 30” (41” x 46-1/4” fr.) K