Titled "Bather" on lower left. Signed "Byron Browne" "June 5 1953" Sight: H: 25 1/4; W: 19 1/4 inches. Frame: H: 29; W: 23 inches. Framed and under glass. Prov: Cedarhurst, NY Art Gallery Condition: Very good. BYRON BROWNE was a painter, designer and sculptor born in Yonkers, New York in 1907. He died in 1961 in New York City a celebrated modernist. He studied at the National Academy of Design, NYC (1924-1928) and with Karfunkle, Aiken and Zorach. He was a member of the American Abstract Artists Group of 1938; American Artists Congress; Allied American Artists and the Yonkers Art Association. He won his first prize at the National Academy in 1928 and many other prizes followed. From 1933-1970, he was given over 60 solo exhibitions...