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"Gathering Storm, Dominican Republic, " Large, Color-Saturated Painting, 1930s

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Full of color and drama and boldly demonstrating his mastery of watercolor this painting by Wilmot Heitland of a shirtless Dominican on the beach next to a wood hut is the finest we have seen by this artist. The array of greens, golds and rusts that Heitland uses to conjure up the palm trees and lush vegetation, and the brilliant blues in the sky which are giving way to the coming storm, show once again that he was one of the finest watercolorists of his day. When he wasn't painting high society scenes for the illustrations he did for countless magazines in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. Heitland loved to capture the natives, as he does here, in tropical locales such as Hawaii and the Dominican Republic. (Dimensions include matte and frame.)
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  • Dimensions:
    Height: 32 in (81.28 cm)Width: 35.5 in (90.17 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
  • Style:
    Art Deco (Of the Period)
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  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1930s
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  • Seller Location:
    Philadelphia, PA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU86516508243

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