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Frank Nelson Ashley Monumental Original Painting by Frank Ashley, 20032003
2003
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Monumental original painting by listed artist Frank Nelson Ashley
The subject matter of this painting is a vibrant scene in New Orleans of the "Poo-Pah Club" jazz band, acrobat performers, finely dressed ladies, and cherubs that have fallen from the heavens to be a part of such a joyous parade. The colors are magnificent!
Oil on canvas
Signed & dated lower left and verso
Title: "Parade of the Poo-Pah Club Jazz Band"
48" x 82"
Artist Bio:
Frank Ashley
American 1920-2007
Joined Carmel Art Association 1970.
Frank Ashley grew up in St Paul Minnesota. He attended the University of Minnesota, served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in England during WWII, and was awarded two Distinguished Flying Crosses, a Purple Heart and four Air Medals.
He studied at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, the Minneapolis Art Institute, and the Art Student’s League in New York under Reginald Marsh. He was also Mr. Marsh’s assistant part of the time.
Ashley has exhibited many times in New York and has won several awards including the Grand Prize at the first U.S.A. exhibition in 1958. He has had solo shows in Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco (including the Legion of Honor, and was awarded the Alma Spreckels Award in 1964), Washington D.C., Aiken, South Carolina, Middleburg. VA, Carmel, and London.
Since 1960 Ashley used the horse more and more frequently in his paintings and traveled throughout the U.S., England, France, Italy, and Ireland observing the flat racing, steeplechase, stadium jumping, hunting, and polo. In 1971, the California Jockey’s Club commissioned Ashley to paint scenes of the racing at Longchamps in Paris and Chantilly, France.
His paintings are in the collections of (partial listing): Cyril Magnin, Melvin Belli, William Holden, Eartha Kitt, Mervyn LeRoy, Syracuse University, Wells Fargo Bank and SF State University.
Source: Carmel Art Web page
- Creator:Frank Nelson Ashley (1920 - 2007, American)
- Creation Year:2003
- Dimensions:Height: 48 in (121.92 cm)Width: 82 in (208.28 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
- More Editions & Sizes:Original Price: $20,000
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- Gallery Location:San Francisco, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1378211349892
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