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Shanty Town Watercolor by Robert Landry C. 1940-60 browse these categories for related items... All Items: Fine Art: Paintings: Watercolor: Pre 1960: item # 796719
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This original watercolor painting on water color paper measures 15 by 22 inches. It dates circa 1940-1960 from a regional school of watercolor painting found in, but not limited to California. It is in excellent condition and ready to be matted and framed. This is an original watercolor painting and NOT a glycee or print of any kind. This is one painting that was acquired as part of a collection of original California watercolors. Many were signed, but the unsigned works were of similar styles, time period and quality to a number of the signed ones. A portion of the collection is represented by signed watercolors by Robert Landry. A few others, unsigned or with different names appear to have been painted by his students. Check our other listings for additional offerings of similar signed and unsigned period watercolor paintings. We will be adding more as time permits. (NOTE) We will be keeping some of both the signed and unsigned paintings from this collection for ourselves. In a weak economy, with a falling dollar, they are great investments that can be hung on a wall and enjoyed, feeding both one's soul and pocketbook at the same time. Biographical information: Robert Landry (1921-1991) ... Born: Washington, D.C. Studied: Abbott Art School, Art Instruction, Inc. Member: San Diego Watercolor Society, Watercolor West. Robert Landry attended high school on the East Coast then went into the military service during World War 11. After the war, he studied art in Washington, D.C. and Minneapolis on the G.I. Bill. He became a commercial illustrator for the United States Air Force Graphic Arts Division at the Pentagon, and art director for the Federal Aviation Agency and Convair Astronautics. After the late 1940s, Landry began a serious painting career and started exhibiting fine art watercolors. His paintings often depicted regional subjects with buildings, boats or coastline structures. Creating a mood was important to him and gives his works a narrative quality. Robert Landry's watercolors were primarily sold through art galleries in San Diego and Dallas. He also taught at watercolor workshops near his home in San Diego and in traveling workshops held in Oregon, Arizona and Hawaii. He is listed in numerous artist's biographical publications. His works have also sold at auctions over the years, such as John Moran Auctions in Pasadena, California. He is also listed on Askart.com and other art websites. |
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