Myron Lechay

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Myron Lechay, American (1898-1972). Known for his colorful and abstract designs, Myron Lechay created landscapes and city views that have been compared to Stuart Davis's work of the 1920s and Milton Avery's art of the 1940s. Lechay was born in Kiev, Russia and emigrated to the United States with his family in 1906. He received his initial art instruction at the National Academy of Design. Lechay's first recognition occurred when the art and antiques dealer, F.W. Lawlor, observed him copying works by the Old Masters at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Lawlor began to purchase works by Lechay on a regular basis, allowing the artist to support himself from his art. By the 1920s, Lechay was participating in the New York avant-garde art scene. He became acquainted with leading American modernists such as Stuart Davis and became a member of the Societe Anonyme, where he became familiar with the art of American modernists as well as progressive European artists including the Dadaists. In the summer of 192l, Lechay joined Davis in the art colony of East Gloucester, Massachusetts. Stuart and Lechay frequently met to talk of modern painting and poetry. At Whitney Studio Club exhibitions, the works of Lechay and Davis were often hung side by side, no doubt because of their stylistic affinities. In the 1920s, Lechay's began to exhibit his paintings at the Valentine Gallery. His paintings were included in group shows as well as solo exhibitions. Critics applauded Lechay's economy of means and compared him to the French painters Henri Matisse and Piet Mondrian. Between 1921 and 1929, he worked in New Orleans, producing a group of works that received critical acclaim. Lechay maintained a studio in NYC from the 1930s until his death in 1972. In addition to his showings at the Valentine Gallery and the Whitney Studio Club, he exhibited at the Carnegie Institute, the Brooklyn Museum, the Newark Museum and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. "Coney Island Train" Signed lower right. Oil on canvas. 24" x 20"

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