Christy Kidwell

Standing Tall

2016

An important American Impressionist oil painting, Walter Bowman Russell (1871-1963), Coral Gables Florida, 1927. Walter Bowman Russell was a very talented & charismatic figure, referred to as a "Creative Genius"; a talented painter, sculptor, author, illustrator & founder of the University of Science & Philosophy and in the early part of the 20th century as a builder who created over $30 Million worth of cooperative apartments. When Russell died in 1963 the celebrated journalist Walter Cronkite call him the "Leonardo da Vinci of our time". Russell's artistic career started when he attended Massachusetts Art School and the Académie Julian in Paris, in 1900 his allegorical painting "The Might of Ages" represented the United States at the Turin International Exhinbition in Italy and won several awards. This very beautiful colorful Impressionisitic painting depicts a Spanish style villa in Coral Gables, Miami, Florida, the stucco building with a pantile roof and striped yellow window awnings...

Oil on wood. "Scent of Spring: Immersion into the World of Spring Emotions" On this canvas, we immerse ourselves in the enchanting realm of spring. In the foreground, like the main...

"If on a Winter’s Night I" by Michael Alford is a captivating original impressionistic cityscape that immerses viewers in the enchanting beauty of a winter evening in London. Crafted...

The Poppy Field 07.2021 is an abstract pallette knife landscape painting by third generation American Impressionist painter Nelson Holbrook White. Frame Dimensions: 19 x 27 inches...

Framed Dimensions: 25.5 x 36.5 inches

Framed Dimensions: 19.75 x 37.75 inches