Sidney Gross, “Abstract” closet_2251 winning first prize in a

winning first prize in a competition hosted by The Walters Art Museum as a child

Venus is a Pop Art interpretation of Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus

her figures are peaceful

while fragmented letters

Abstract Oil

Sidney Gross, “Abstract” closet_2251 winning first prize in aSidney Gross, Time Infinite" 1963 Medium: Oil on canvas Abstract oil painting by American artist Sidney Gross. About the Artist: Sidney Gross (19211969) was born in New York and studied at the Art Students League, where he later became an instructor. He also taught at the University of Maryland and Columbia University. His early work drew from social realism and the emerging surrealist movement, and by his twenties he was known for painting