Auction Ends: Nov 2, 2015 12:00 AM EST
Art
Antoinette Schwob - Artist's Dream
- Item Number
- 143
- Estimated Value
- 2000 USD
- Sold
- 350 USD to Live Event Bidder
- Number of Bids
- 20 - Bid History
Item Description
ca. 1970’s-80’s, 26 x 32, oil on canvas
Provenance: Jay Johnson's American Heritage Gallery.
Item Special Note
Antoinette Schwob. (1906 - 2001) North Dakota, active/lived in New York, is known for naive rural views, portrait painting.
Schwob is featured in Jay Johnson's book, “American Folk Art of the 20th Century”,
“ Paintings by Antoinette Schwob”, FAR Gallery, New York, 1968, and
“Through A Woman’s Eyes-Female Folk Artists 20th Century” Japan
From the Clarion magazine Spring 1979:
“Art News wrote of Antoinette Schwob, “ ...the artist goes right to the heart of her subject. Heart-aided by memory and imagination--accounts for the aura of happy nostalgia that pervades each of her carefully articulated canvases.
In Childhood, a photographic eye captured and stored every face, place and artifact encountered. Today, an innate, totally untutored talent enables her to evoke those early days in North Dakota with poetic precision.
Spare and sweeping at first glance, The Schwob paintings reward the viewer by revealing unexpectedly exact detail. Once seen, her sharp, crystal clear canvases can never be confused with those of any other artist.”
Donated By:
Grey Carter
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