Lot 588: Tanasko Milovich (Yugoslavian/American, b.1900), "Portrait of Two Girls", c.1931; oil/canvas,

36" x 28", signed and dated, original frame. Milovich studied at the St. Louis School of Fine Art and in Paris, with Jean Marechal. He was a member of the St. Louis Artist Guild and the St. Louis Society of Independent Artists. He exhibited extensively during the 1920s-40s, at the Salon d' Automne, Denver Art Museum, Milwaukee Art Institute, Kansas City Art Institute, and the Spring Salon, Paris. Milovich painted oils and designed batiks (fabric). He taught at the St. Louis School of Fine Art. This is an excellent, early example of the artist's work.