Merrild, Knud (1894-1954).

Abstraction 444 by Knud Merrild (1894-1954) 10.75" x 7.5", Mixed Media/Paper, Signed Lower Right Est.: $2,000 - $3,000 Sold by John Moran Auctioneers for $9,040 on 2/15/2005 ARTIST WORLD RECORD

Printmaker, painter, sculptor, muralist.

Born in Odum, Denmark on May 10, 1894.

From 1912-16 Merrild studied in Copenhagen at the Royal Academy of Fine Art and the Arts & Crafts School. He immigrated to NYC in 1921.

The winter of 1922-23 was spent on a remote ranch near Taos, NM with writer D. H. Lawrence. While there, he had his first solo show at the Santa Fe Museum of Art.

Upon settling in Los Angeles in 1923, he became active in the local art scene.

His early works were Cubist-inspired and in the 1930s he was active in the Post-Surrealist movement in California. Merrild remained in California until a few months before his death in Copenhagen in 1954.

Member: American Artists Congress (cofounder, 1936).

Exh: Belmaison Galleries (NYC), 1921; LA Museum of Science, Art & History, 1925; Pasadena Art Inst., 1933; Calif.Pacific Int'l Expo (San Diego), 1935; SFMA, 1935, 1937 (solo); Hollywood Modern Art Gallery, 1935; MaMA, 1936-42; GGIE, 1939; Whitney Museum, 1941; AIC, 1947; Pasadena Museum, 1952 (solo); Long Beach Museum, 1964; LACMA, 1965 (solo).

In: San Diego Museum; Oakland Museum; LACMA; SFMA. ~ AAA 1933; WWAA 1936-53; WWC 1942; Sam; SCA; 100 Years of Calif. Sculpture; Art of California, Nov. 1991.