Vincent Smarkusz

Undiscovered American Genius in Modern Art

The Maenads

Ink and Gouache on paper
18 x 24 inches
45.7 x 61 cm
Collection: 
Time: 
1952

In a somewhat surrealist way, Smarkusz expresses themes of the absurd and the disturbing - with imagery that is meant to be visually confusing and emotionally challenging.  He was in his early thirties when he created Fusionism at the peak of his most abstract figurative work.