"Grazing Cows" by Milton Avery, Gouache on paper board, 1950

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Milton Avery
"Grazing Cows" by Milton Avery, Gouache on paper board, 1950
1950

About the Item

A horizontal blue, tan, and cream gouache painting of cows grazing along a watery landscape by Milton Avery. The work features Avery's iconic style of simplified, nearly abstract forms which highlight his brilliant sense of color and line. The large patches of land and water reveal beautiful brush stokes and overlapping layers of gouache, while the miniature cows add charm and detail to the calm composition. The work is hand-signed and dated by the artist, and comes with a light wood frame with a protective glass cover. The work has been examined by the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, and has been deemed authentic. Milton Avery (American, 1885 - 1965) Untitled (Grazing Cows), 1950 Gouache on paper board 15 ⅜ x 22 ¼ in. 22 ¾ x 28 ½ in. framed Signed and dated lower left Provenance: The Isaacs Gallery Ltd., Toronto. Collection of James and Elizabeth Eayrs, Toronto. Heffel Fine Art Auction House, The James and Elizabeth Eayrs Collection Online auction, 30 November 2017, lot 701. Private Collection, WY. Known for his portraits, still lifes and landscapes, Milton Avery was a master colorist and an important pioneer of early American Modernism. Often invoked as America’s Matisse, he took inspiration from the Fauvists’ bold application of color; flouting representational conventions, Avery’s broad, luminous swaths of pigment and reduced forms convey his subjects’ essence without extraneous details. Avery was born in 1885 in Altmar, New York. He moved to Connecticut as a young man, where he worked in a succession of blue-collar jobs while taking classes at the Connecticut League of Art Students in Hartford. In 1925, he relocated to New York, studying at the Art Students League and befriending a number of fellow painters including Mark Rothko, Adolph Gottlieb and Barnett Newman. As Avery’s artistic practice matured, he evolved an increasingly abstract style featuring expansive, flat planes of color, which would have an important impact on the younger artists. Avery worked in relative obscurity until 1929, when the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. became the first museum to purchase his work. Roy Neuberger, a prominent New York financier, became engrossed with Avery’s paintings, and began purchasing them to loan to museums and other institutions. His works captivated audiences and artists alike, with simplified depictions of figures and landscapes that flirted with abstraction without diving into it. Later in life, Avery continued to paint, often traveling to New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Vermont in the summers. In 1963, he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He died in 1965. Today, his works are featured in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art in New York; National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; Walker Art Center in Minneapolis; and Tate Modern in London.

Creator:
Milton Avery (1885 - 1965, American)
Creation Year:
1950
Dimensions:
Height: 15.38 in (39.07 cm)Width: 22.25 in (56.52 cm)
Medium:
Paper,Gouache,Board
Movement & Style:
Modern
Period:
1950-1959
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Abilene, TX
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU148028026932