Lot 228
**Originally Listed At $750**
Paul Forster (American, 1925-2012). "Escape" oil on canvas, n.d. Artist's signature and title on verso. A vibrant painting by Paul Forster depicting a Western hunter walking through an autumn forest and grasping his rifle with both hands. The huntsman lifts his left foot and looks down, as though distracted by a noise. His tan jacket sways slightly as a necklace of teeth falls to his chest, accentuating his intimidating experience. The woods clear to the right side of the canvas, allowing light to shine down on the silhouettes of three figures on horseback who seemingly flee in the other direction; perhaps these figures are the intended subjects of the painting's title, "Escape." Forster captures the intensity of the moment with his signature loose brushstrokes, keen eye for light, and vibrant palette. Size: 36" W x 30" H (91.4 cm x 76.2 cm)
At the age eight, Paul Forster became the youngest member of the Albright Art Gallery Association of Buffalo, New York and also started studying at the Museum School with watercolorist Robert Blair. During World War II, Forster served in the Army Air Corps, and in 1952, he graduated from Brigham Young University with a Fine Arts Degree. In the late 1950s, Forster had a studio in Nevada painted murals for the Mormon Church. In the early 1960s, he taught art and became Chairman of the Art Department of the L.D.S. Schools of the South Pacific in Tonga. In 1969 he left Brigham Young University to paint full time. For the greater part of the next decade, Forster traveled throughout the American Southwest in an Airstream trailer to paint the environment and its inhabitants. In time, he moved to Oregon followed by Kansas City, but eventually returned to Arizona.
Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010
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- Condition: Artist's signature and title on verso. Wood stretcher bar is inscribed "The Sphmeat Rifle." Painting is in excellent overall condition.
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