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John Koch
American Pastoral

circa 1940

$28,000
£21,257.12
€24,313.61
CA$39,120.06
A$43,510.05
CHF 22,719.59
MX$529,470.98
NOK 290,163.89
SEK 272,122.54
DKK 181,461.81
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About the Item

John Koch is a beloved American realist painter who depicted people in their everyday lives. Here we see a slightly different approach where he has put a painter out in a rural town that has indications of industry and being a working town. It feels intimated that it is he himself and that he is making a statement of trying to paint what exists before him and at the same time learn to live in the world and times he is in. In this painting one feels its a portrait of America as well. In the 1940's we had growth, expansion and people at that time felt the country expanding and growing. There was also a simplicity still to American lives. This is a wonderful scene by an American artist who chronicled people, gatherings and community.
  • Creator:
    John Koch (1909-1978, American)
  • Creation Year:
    circa 1940
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 37.5 in (95.25 cm)Width: 31.75 in (80.65 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    Good condition and ready to hang. Frame is of lovely quality!
  • Gallery Location:
    Greenwich, CT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1413214730982

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