Lot 113
William E. Freeman, also known as Bill Freeman (American, 1927-2012), oil on canvas, ca. mid 20th century CE. An awe inspiring crepuscular scene painted by Bill Freeman that captures a Western landscape at twilight with a tipi in the middle distance at the lower left of the composition, glowing purple mountains beyond, and a magnificent sky with rays of light shining through the lavender atmosphere. Also note the plumes of smoke rising from the firepit within the tipi. Freeman's painting possesses an almost ethereal quality thanks to his dreamy palette of lavender, mauve, peach, soft pink, forest green, azure blue, dove grey, and warm orange as well as a style that demonstrates influences of Impressionism and Expressionism achieved via a sophisticated use of palette knife and brush. A sublime view of this scene at twilight. Size: 19.875" W x 16" H (50.5 cm x 40.6 cm)
Bill Freeman grew up in West Texas on a farm just outside of El Paso. Interestingly, he worked as a horse wrangler, fought forest fires for the U.S. Forest Service, and was a field researcher and guide for the Arizona Game and Fish Department for twelve years in Arizona, Wyoming, and New Mexico prior to becoming an artist. It was not until the age of 30 that Freeman decided to become an artist specializing in Western landscapes. Today he is considered a pioneer of Western art centered on such storied locales as Scottsdale, Arizona as well as Jackson Hole and Grand Tetons National Park, Wyoming.
Provenance: private Glorieta, New Mexico, USA collection
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- Condition: Light fraying to peripheries of canvas along verso that does not impact the painted composition. A few small areas of light staining to painted composition, otherwise intact and very good. Great use of color throughout.
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