Emotive abstract in warm colors by Anna Ballarian (American, 1918-2010), playing with deep contextualized Magenta and Ochre and blurred collage blocks to an extraordinary Kinetic affect, influenced by the artist's love for textiles and textures. Signed lower right and titled "Aerial Composition" on verso. Oil on Masonite. Presented in original painted white wooden frame. Image size: 23" H x 29.50" W. Framed size: 30"H x 36"W x 2"D Born in Rochester, NY, Anna Ballarian earned a degree in Art and Design from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1931, a BS from NYU in 1934 and a MA from Columbia University in 1941. She authored Fabric Collage in 1976, was published in several national art magazines. She taught art for more than two decades on the east coast including Columbia University and SUNY Plattsburgh. In 1957, she began a Professorship of Design and Textile Art at San Jose State University which she held until her retirement in 1977. Anna Ballarian's artwork has shown in major galleries along the West Coast. She was a master of many mediums and continued to create astoundingly modern new work well into her 9th decade.