Ulery in California
Ulery’s family left Indiana for Southern California in the 1930’s. While there, he worked on tiles and murals at the Long Beach Airport, had his first one-man show, and joined the Creative Art Students League in Hollywood. As a member of the League, he visited the mansion of Walter and Louise Arensberg and was introduced to well-known abstract and non-objective art.
It was in California that Ulery completed the paintings shown here.
Man In Field (1931)
Oil, 14x15
$3000
Lady In Red (1944)
Oil on Masonite, 9 ½ x18 ½
Not for sale
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The Birds contrasts the passivity of the birds scattering across the ground while overhead, the birds of WWII are mirrored psychologically in the aging expressions of the children. They hold one bird symbolic of a peaceful time as they comfort each other. The Birds was included in Ulery’s first one-man show at the En’s Gallery, Los Angeles, 1942. |
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The Birds (1942) |
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Crossroads Church (1942)
Oil, 14 ½ x18 ½
$3000
The Orange, painted in 1940, is a statement about the Great Depression. Two barefoot young boys scavenge through the garbage can. The artist reinforces the contrast in ethnic backgrounds and lonely surroundings by using flat colors and mostly horizontal strokes, to accentuate the ambiguity of time and place. |
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The Orange (1940) |