Large American NW Abstract Expressionist painting Circus "Wire Performance" by Fredrick Heidel, 1993 Sculpture University of Limerick

University of Limerick

The hinged lid decorated with a repousse work floral basket design

the colorful illusions of distorted spaces interfered in everyone's daily life

was born in 1919 in Seattle but grew up in downtown Portland

Large American NW Abstract Expressionist painting Circus "Wire Performance" by Fredrick Heidel, 1993 Sculpture University of LimerickA large American Abstract Expressionist acyrilic on canvas painting by Pacific Northwest artist Frederick Heidel ( 1915 2000), titled "Wire Performance", Oregon, 1993. This is a large & later work by the artist, with various hues of blue with warmer inflections of orange, green, and pink. It depicts a circus high wire act, with a tall ladder to the high wire and figures in gymnastic poses. This large painting is housed in the original simple wooden