Lot 249A
Paul Forster (American, 1925-2012). "Family Farm" oil on board, n.d. "Forster" and"Family Farm" painted in white on verso. A tranquil landscape painting by Paul Forster depicting a family farm as noted in the title with three figures, presumably a couple and their child, walking across grasses toward a glistening field and several red-roofed houses and barns in the distance with tree groves and rolling hills beyond. Forster's loose brushstrokes combined with his sensitive use of light and color convey a delightful composition evocative of Impressionist painting. At the same time, Forster's broad planes of color and textured surfaces achieved via varied brushstrokes bring to mind aesthetics of the Nabis artists. Size: 18" L x 24" W (45.7 cm x 61 cm)
At the age eight, Paul Forster became the youngest member of the Albright Art Gallery Association in 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: "Forster" and"Family Farm" painted in white on verso. Artist and title also noted on collection label on verso. Painting has a few scuffs, most affecting the peripheries, but is otherwise in good condition. Stains on verso of board do not impact the painted composition.
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