INGEBORG MOHR ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST GOUACHE

INGEBORG MOHR, RCA, OSA (AUSTRIAN/CANADIAN, 1921�2004) MIXED MEDIA (GOUACHE AND CHARCOAL) ON PAPER, SIGNED "MOHR" AND DATED [19]85 LOWER RIGHT A POWERFUL ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST COMPOSITION DEFINED BY DENSE BLACK CROSSHATCHING, BROAD SLATE-GREY BRUSHSTROKES, AND OCHRE PASSAGES 22 X 30 IN UNFRAMED AND UNMATTED ON HEAVY PAPER SHEET INGEBORG MOHR, RCA, OSA (1921�2004) WAS AN AUSTRIAN-BORN CANADIAN PAINTER TRAINED IN LINZ, GRAZ, AND BRESLAU BEFORE IMMIGRATING TO CANADA IN 1954. ELECTED TO BOTH THE ONTARIO SOCIETY OF ARTISTS AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS, SHE WAS CELEBRATED FOR HER EVOLUTION INTO ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM AND HER INNOVATIVE, TACTILE OIL-ON-PAPER COLLAGES. HER WORKS ARE HELD IN PERMANENT COLLECTIONS ACROSS CANADA, INCLUDING THE AGNES ETHERINGTON ART CENTRE AND THE ROBERT MCLAUGHLIN GALLERY.