INGEBORG MOHR, RCA ABSTRACT COLLAGE, 1996

INGEBORG MOHR, RCA, OSA (AUSTRIAN/CANADIAN, 1921�2004) OIL AND PAPER COLLAGE ON PAPER WITH DECKLED EDGES, SIGNED "MOHR" AND DATED [19]96 LOWER RIGHT; INSCRIBED ON BACKING LABEL "#13 / OIL/PAPER COLLAGE 96 / 32 1/2 X 23 1/2 / BLACK FRAME". A POWERFUL VERTICAL ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST COMPOSITION IN RICH MIDNIGHT BLUE, CHARCOAL, AND TEXTURED WHITE IMPASTO WITH SCATTERED SPATTER ACCENTS, TYPICAL OF MOHR'S MATURE EXPERIMENTS IN TACTILE PAPER COLLAGE. 32.5 X 23.5 IN 41 X 31.625 IN FRAMED 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.