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Period: 20th Century
JULES RENE HERVE (1887-1981) Childen Feeding Ducks Woodland River signed oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Feeding the Ducks
by Jules Rene Herve (1887-1981) French, signed front and back
oil painting on canvas, framed
canvas: 9 x 11 inches
framed: 15 x 16.5 inches
Provenance: private col...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Montmartre Hill" Parisian Street Post-Impressionist Oil Painting Canvas Framed
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a city scene at the Montmartre Hill in Paris France, a popular subject of the times painted by many important Post-Impressionists 20th Century painters. This pi...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Original Oil Painting on Canvas Sailing Ship Seascape Signed & Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Huge Original Maritime Acrylic Painting – Tall Ship at Sea
Signed Framed Dynamic Seascape Artwork
This huge and stunning original acrylic painting on canvas captures a majestic ta...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil Painting of a Tree-Lined River Lake Landscape in the Irish Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Oil Painting of a Tree-Lined River Lake Landscape in the Irish Countryside by 20th Century Artist, Allan Ardies (1918 - 2014). An impressionist vintage original oil on canvas in good...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Large Mid-Century Harbor Scene with Boats by French Artist Georges Rocher
Located in Chicago, IL
A large tonal, Mid-Century harbor scene with boats by French artist Georges Rocher. Artwork size: 24" x 30". Framed size: 31" x 36".
Georges Rocher was born in Casablanca, Moroc...
Category
Modern 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
English Coastal Scene with Boats, Clam Waters, Sunlight & Peaceful Seaside Life
By Nancy Bailey
Located in Preston, GB
English Coastal Scene with Boats, Clam Waters, Sunlight & Peaceful Seaside Life by 20th Century Artist, Nancy Bailey (British, 1913–2012)
Art measures 36 x 20 inches
Frame measures...
Category
English School 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape with Orange Sky
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
James Earl Ray (1928-1998). Landscape with Orange Sky. ca. 1975. Oil on masonite panel measures 6.5 x 8.5 inches, 10.5 x 12.5 inches framed. Signed lowe...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$1,500 Sale Price
40% Off
Antique American Modernist Large New York Cityscape Framed Street Scene Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist street scene painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a late 19th century fluted cove giltwood molding. E...
Category
Modern 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original oil painting on canvas France, Paris, Triumphal Arch, S.Doren, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up For Sale is a Beautiful Original Oil Painting On canvas, depicting Parisian street Scene, famous historical place - Triumphal Arch. Signed In Lower right corner S. Doren. Presente...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$256 Sale Price
20% Off
"View of Venice Canal" Orientalist & Impressionist Marine Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in New York, NY
A masterful oil painting depicting a view of a Venice Canal by Grace Paterson. As an Impressionist and orientalist painter, she was known for her detailed works depicting scenes from...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Impressionist Beach Scene with Fisherman and Woman Walking Under Seagulls
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Impressionist Beach Scene with Fisherman and Woman Walking Under Seagulls
By F.T. Roussel
Signed: yes
Size: 11.5 x 15.5 inches (height x width)
Oil painting on cardboard, unfr...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Bateaux a Carnac" Impressionist Marine Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
This stunning piece of art titled “Bateaux a Carnac" is a captivating original work by renowned artist Yolande Ardissoner. Ardissoner was mostly known for her playful and sophisticat...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mountain Landscape Painting of the English Lake District by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Mountain Landscape Painting of the English Lake District by British Artist, Philip Stanton. This is a high quality original, oil on canvas, in great condition and ready to hang!
Art measures 30 x 20 inches
Frame measures 38 x 28 inches
(Presented in an ornate gold frame, commensurate with age)
This exquisite oil painting captures the breathtaking beauty of a serene lake nestled among majestic mountains, reminiscent of the iconic landscapes found in England’s Lake District...
Category
Realist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,082 Sale Price
30% Off
Forest Landscape - an Antique Oil Painting by 19th Century American Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Forest Landscape - an Antique Oil Painting by 19th Century American Artist, Clara Davis Inness (1874-1932)
Art measures 36 x 24 inches
F...
Category
American Realist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cotton Canvas
Fisherman in Scottish Highlands Loch Maree Signed British Oil Painting Framed
By Donald Ayres
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fishing on Loch Maree
by Donald Ayres (Briths b. 1936)
signed oil on board, framed
framed: 22 x 18 inches
board: 16 x 22 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Condition: ve...
Category
English School 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cecile Hertz-Eyrolles (1875-1974) - Mid 20th Century Oil, Spring Blossom
Located in Corsham, GB
Cecile Hertz-Eyrolles (1875-1974), Oil on board. A tree-lined avenue in spring. A second work by the artist can be seen to the reverse, along with the artist's studio stamp.
Category
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Impressionist Framed East Hampton Landscape Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique impressionist landscape pastel painting. Framed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a silverwood molding. Excellent condition, ready to hang and enjoy.
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Pastel
Large Antique English Signed Oil Painting Country Cottage in Surrey Village Lane
By Joel Owen
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Start of the Day, Dorking, Surrey'
signed by Joel B. Owen (British, signed and dated 1919)
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 25 x 35 inches
canvas: 20 x 30 inches
provenance: private co...
Category
Victorian 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Kashmir Valley Almond Blossom Dina Nath Walli Mountain Landscape India Art
Located in Norfolk, GB
Dina Nath Walli (1908–2006)
Almond Blossom, Kashmir
Watercolour on Board
c 1960
Framed size: 42.8cm x 52.8cm
Image size: 27.5cm x 38cm
Signed and dated 1970 on the verso, gifted fro...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Watercolor
Original Signed Oil Painting on Canvas, Landscape, Genre Scene, Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
This original oil painting on canvas is a traditional pastoral landscape, capturing a serene and idyllic rural scene. The composition is rich in earthy tones, with warm browns, green...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sunset From the North of Sweden. Nordic Light Art
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisite landscape painting by Oscar Lycke, a notable artist from Sundsvall who flourished around the turn of the 20th century, captures the serene beauty of a lake at sunset. ...
Category
Naturalistic 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper
Cadaques Spain oil painting spanish mediterranean seascape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Cadaques - Oil on canvas on cardboard
Oil measurements 33x41 cm.
Frame size 43x51 cm..
Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Ca...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$401 Sale Price
43% Off
"Budapest Street Scene" 20th Cen. Hungarian Impressionist Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by Hungarian artist, Hugo Matzenauer. Matzenauer was a painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Scottish Highland Loch Cattle at Sunset Atmospheric Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Highland Cattle at Sunset
by Alfred Fontville de Breanski (British 1877-1945)
signed lower front corner
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 23 x 31.5 inches
canvas: 16 x 24 inches
Provenan...
Category
Victorian 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Impressionist Paris Sunday Outdoor Market Landscape Figurative Painting
By A. Veschi
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-2519a Oil on artist board displayed in a painted wood frame
Image size 10x12.5"
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
French 20th Century Vibrant Abstract Swirls of Orange, Yellow Green and Blue
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Gilbert Pelissier (French born 1924)
signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
dated 93
canvas size: 22 x 18 inches
condition: overall very good, ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Red Bush" Gabriel Godard, Painting, Oil on canvas, French artist, 1979
Located in New York, NY
Gabriel Godard (1933-2023)
The Red Bush, 1979
Oil on canvas
Artwork: 28 x 20 1/2 in. l 71 x 52 cm
Framed: 31 1/2 x 24 in. l 80 x 61 cm
Signed lower left
Condition: Perfect condition...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Impressionist Oil Painting of Basilica of Sacré-Cœur and Street Scene
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of Basilica of Sacré-Cœur and Street Scene
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 13.75 x 10 inches (height x width)
Signed: Yes
Oil painting on...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large Old Tudor Coaching Inn by River Landscape & Swans Very Large English Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Tudor Coaching Inn
English School, 20th century
oil painting on canvas, framed in ornate swept gilt frame
framed: 30 x 42 inches
canvas: 27 x 38 inches
provenance: private co...
Category
Victorian 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Countryside by A. Ecuyer - Gouache on paper 30x37 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on ark paper
Category
Academic 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$224 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Oil Painting Windmill on Mykonos Landscape 1964
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3701 Oil on stretched canvas
Set in a vintage hand painted frame
Image size 15x19"
Category
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$275 Sale Price
59% Off
"Parisian Cafe Street Scene" 20th Century Post-Impressionist Oil Paint Canvas
Located in New York, NY
In this piece, the artist depicts his subject in an abstract and impressionistic way, capturing the Cafés busy street scene with the moulin rouge portrayed in the distance. The arti...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Serene, ca. 1940s, Western Landscape Painting with Horses by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A serene, ca. 1940s, Western landscape painting with horses by artist Francis Chapin. In a brown, wooden frame. Image size: 22" x 28". Framed size: 25" x 31". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of Chicago Painters” by his colleagues, was one of the city’s most popular and celebrated painters in his day. Born at the dawn of the 20th Century in Bristolville, Ohio, Chapin graduated from Washington & Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. He would set down deep roots at the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibiting there over 31 times between 1926 and 1951. In 1927 Chapin won the prestigious Bryan Lathrop Fellowship from the Art Institute – a prize that funded the artist’s yearlong study trip to Europe. Upon his return to the United States, Chapin decided to remain in Chicago, noting the freedom Chicago artists have in developing independently of the pressure to conform to pre-existing molds (as was experienced by artists in New York, for example). Chapin became a popular instructor at the Art Institute, teaching there from 1929 to 1947 and at the Art Institute’s summer art school in Saugatuck, Michigan (now called Oxbow) between 1934 – 1938 (he was the director of the school from 1941-1945). Chapin’s contemporaries among Chicago’s artists included such luminaries as Ivan Le Lorraine Albright...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1930s French Impressionist Watercolour of Children in an Idyllic Country Scene
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Impressionist watercolour on paper view of children in an idyllic country scene by Henri Clamen. Signed bottom right. Acquired from the atelier of the artist with other signed works. Pencil annotation top right and to the back of the paper.
A charming view of two children waiting in the shade of a beautiful summers day by the side of a country lane. An archway through to a farmyard and a farmhouse beyond. Dappled light through the overhead leaves and branches. In the lane to the left a hay wain...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper, Watercolor
French Impressionist Flower Market Scene with Figures and Stone Church
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Flower Market Scene with Figures and Stone Church
By Fanch Lel
Signed: Yes
Size: 19.5 x 15.75 inches (height x...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
L.S. Lowry, Street Scene, 1965
Located in Manchester, GB
L.S. Lowry, Street Scene, 1965
Oil on canvas
50.8 x 60.9 cm (20 x 24 in)
Hand-signed and dated 'L.S. LOWRY 1965' (lower right) and titled 'STREET SCENE' (on the canvas overlap)
E...
Category
Modern 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$303,467 Sale Price
20% Off
Figures In The Rain in Charming Village Original French Painting
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Village Life
by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
size: 9 x 10.75 inches
gouache painting on board, unframed
condition: the painting is in very good condition. It has previously been stored...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Provençal Landscape
Located in London, GB
'Provençal Landscape', oil on canvas, by Anna Costa (circa 1950s). This is an exceptional landscape painted by the artist in vibrant colours in an Impressio...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,224 Sale Price
30% Off
French Oil painting of Market Scene in Impressionist Style with Flower Sellers
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Oil painting of Market Scene in Impressionist Style with Flower Sellers
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 6.75 x 8.25 inches (heigh...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Summer in the Pasture (Farmer’s Wife with Cow)” Paul Junghanns (1876-1958)
Located in SANTA FE, NM
“Summer in the Pasture (Farmer’s Wife with Cow)”
(Sommertag auf der Weide (Bäuerin mit Kuh))
Paul Junghanns (German, 1876-1958)
Oil on Canvas
Signed verso
36 ¼ x 28 inches (43 ¾ x 35...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$11,040 Sale Price
20% Off
Irish Coastal Landscape Cliffs & Ocean Glen Head County Donegal Large Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Glen Head, County Donegal Ireland
by William Henry Burns (1924-1995)
signed oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 25.5 x 35.5 inches
Canvas : 20.5 x 35 inches
Provenance: private collection...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th century French Impressionist scene, A Busy Street in Paris
Located in Woodbury, CT
This vibrant 20th-century French Impressionist painting by Charles Ducant captures the timeless allure of a bustling Parisian street scene, immersing the viewer in the charm and ener...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large 1950's French Signed Oil Apple Orchard Rural Field Very Thick Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Marie Louise Eber (French mid 20th century), signed lower front, dated 1958 verso.
Title: "La Serenite", a beautiful Post-Impressionist m...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Paris, Montparnasse" French Impressionist Street Scene Oil Painting on Canvas
By Anatol Bouchet
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful oil on canvas painting by French artist, Anatol Bouchet. Bouchet was an French painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times of his generation. This paint...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Framed Mid 20th Century Oil - Flower Garden
Located in Corsham, GB
Texture from the Masonite board and loose brushwork capture this vibrant cottage garden full of flowers in bloom. Colourful perennials fill the foreground, framing a glimpse of rural buildings beyond the garden gate. The oil bears the signature 'C. Ginner' to the lower left. However, we do not believe the oil has been painted by Charles Ginner...
Category
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Highland Cattle at a Moorland Pool, Perthshire - British c1900 art oil painting
Located in London, GB
This charming British Victorian landscape oil painting is by noted artist Henry Robinson Hall. Painted circa 1900 the setting is in Perthshire. In the foreground several highland cat...
Category
Victorian 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Oil Landscape Art of Redwood Forest California by 20th Century Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Vintage Oil Landscape Art of Redwood National Park Forest in California by 20th Century Artist, Tobias Everet Spence
Art measures 14 x 17 inches
Frame measures 21 x 24 inches
Th...
Category
Modern 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Wood, Paint, Wood Panel
A Spring Sunset, Original Oil Painting from 1952
Located in Stockholm, SE
This exquisite painting by the artist Otto Lindberg (1880-1955) is a mesmerizing depiction of a spring sunset. Crafted in 1952, this piece stands as one of Lindberg's final paintings...
Category
Romantic 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,796 Sale Price
20% Off
"Solitudine" paesaggio con barche a vela francia del nord cm. 37 x 21
Located in Torino, IT
Lanscape France,Ocean, France , grey, blue, azure, Normandy
Henry Maurice CAHOURS (Paris, 1889 – Vence, 1974)
He was born in Paris but spent his childhood and adolescence in Amiens...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Original Oil Painting of Tranquil Greek Landscape with Villa and Cypress Trees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Original Oil Painting of Tranquil Greek Landscape with Villa and Cypress Trees
Artist: Roland Pichard
Signed: Bottom right
Medium: Oil on oil paper, mounted on card
Size: ...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Rochelle - Post Impressionist Figures in Landscape Oil by William Lee Hankey
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in landscape oil on canvas circa 1920 by British post impressionist painter William Lee Hankey. The piece depicts sail boats in La Rochelle, a seaport in the Bay of Bi...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Impressionist Red Roof Boathouse on a Turquoise Sailing Boat Bay
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Boathouse Landscape
by Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 9 x 10.5 inches
Oil painting on board, unframed
Condition: The painting is in good condition, with minor signs of aging.
Prov...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Killary Bay Leenane Connemara Ireland Antique Oil Painting Lake Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Kllary Bay, Leenane, Connemara, Ireland
by Alexander Williams (British 20th century)
early 20th century
oil painting on board, framed
Framed: 16 x 19.5 inches
Board: 11 x 14 inches
P...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
1930's French Impressionist Red Roof Top Village In Green Fields Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Louise Alix, French 1950's Impressionist
oil on artist paper, unframed
painting: 16 x 12.5 inches
provenance: from a large private collection of this artists wor...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil Painting Depicting Sunset Over Svolvær, Lofoten
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ivan Bergdahl (1929-2021) Sweden
Sunset, Svolvær, Lofoten (Solnedgång, Svolvær, Lofoten)
oil on board
signed Ivan Bergdahl
unframed: 25.5 x 37.5 cm (ca 10.04 x 14.76 inches)
framed: 36.5 x 48 cm (ca 14.37 x 18.90 inches)
Essay:
Ivan Bergdahl, a renowned Swedish painter born in 1929, captures the essence of the Nordic landscape...
Category
Naturalistic 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1930's French Impressionist Lady in Red Dress Lounging In The Garden Shade
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lady in Red
signed by Y. Blanchon, French 1950's Impressionist
oil on board, unframed
painting: 14 x 11 inches
provenance: from a large private collection of this artists work in N...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Blue Orange and Yellow Abstract
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021),
Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
Category
Modern 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American School Impressionist Landscape Nicely Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American impressionist landscape painting. Oil on board. Housed in a period impressionist giltwood frame. Excellent condition.
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,980 Sale Price
20% Off
Alpine Mountain Hut Vintage Landscape Painting by 20th Century German Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Alpine Mountain Hut - Vintage Landscape Painting by 20th Century German Artist, Fritz Haupt
Art measures 11 x 9 inches
Frame measures 15 x 13 inches
This exquisite painting by F....
Category
Realist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Industry and Commerce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mural study is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s
Industry and Commerce, 1936, tempera on panel, 16 ½ x 39 ½ inches, signed verso “John Ballator, Portland Ore.” provenance includes: J.C. Penney Company, represented by Russell Tether Fine Arts Assoc.; presented in a newer wood frame
About the Painting
Industry and Commerce is a prime example of WPA Era muralism. Like a Mediaeval alter, this mural study is filled with icons, but the images of saints and martyrs are replaced with symbols of America's gospel of prosperity through capitalism. Industry and Commerce has a strong narrative quality with vignettes filling the entire surface. Extraction, logistics, design, power generation, and manufacturing for printing, chemicals, automobiles and metal products are all represented. To eliminate any doubt about the mural's themes, Ballator letters a description into the bottom of the study. Ballator also presents an idealized version of industrial cooperation, as his workers, lab-coated technicians and tie-wearing managers work harmoniously toward a common goal in the tidy and neatly designed environments. Although far from the reality of most industrial spaces, Ballator's study reflects the idealized and morale boosting tone that many mural projects adopted during the Great Depression.
About the Artist
John R Ballator achieved success as a muralist, lithographer, and teacher during the Great Depression. Born in Oregon, he studied at the Portland Museum Art School, the University of Oregon and at Yale University where he received a Bachelor of Fine Art. In 1936, Ballator was commissioned to paint a mural panel for the new Department of Justice Building in Washington DC, an important project that spanned five years with several dozen artists contributing a total of sixty-eight designs. Ballator completed murals for the St. Johns Post Office and Franklin High School, both in Portland, Oregon. He also contributed to the 1938 murals at Nathan Hale School in New Haven, Connecticut. During the late 1930s, Ballator taught art for several years at Washburn College in Topeka, Kanas, where he completed a mural for the Menninger Arts & Craft Shop before accepting a professorship at Hollins College...
Category
American Realist 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Tempera
