Irving George Lehman, Russian, American, 1900 to 1983, watercolor painting on paper depicting a portrait of a woman. Signed lower right. Framed. Irving Lehman is known for Abstraction, modernist genre and still life painting. Born in Kiev, Irving Lehman studied at the Art Students League and Cooper Union in New York City, eventually becoming a Member of the American Artists Congress, American Abstract Artists and other contemporary avant garde groups. With many others he worked on the WPA. Exhibitions: Whitney Museum, National Academy, Albany Institute, Brooklyn Museum PAFA, and numerous important American and European institutions and galleries. Awards: His work won international acclaim from England Israel Paris, while he is primarily accorded a permanent place in American Art History as member of the New York School of Abstract Expressionism. One of a kind artwork.