Paul Forster (American, 1925-2012). "Red Bird" acrylic on canvas board, n.d. Artist's signature with title on verso. A fascinating painting by Paul Forster, depicting a minimalist composition of a bird flying upward in front of an abstract tree. The crimson plumage of the elegant avian nicely contrasts the neutral tones of the background, while lovely hints of blue, orange, and purple outline the two-armed tree. A petite black 'hole' pierces the tree, adding further variation of Forster's composition. Size: 23.75" W x 29.75" H (60.3 cm x 75.6 cm)

At the age eight, Paul Forster became the youngest member of the Albright Art Gallery Association in Buffalo, New York and 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 and 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 pursue his art 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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#174459

Artist's signature with title on verso. A few miniscule nicks to outer edges of periphery that do not affect imagery. Otherwise, painting is in overall excellent condition.