Furman J. Finck New York (1900 - 1997) Hunter's Paradise oil on canvas signed and inscribed lower right. Provenance: Jack Kriendler Memorial Prize. Exhibited: Salmagundi Club, NYC, 1954. Biography from the Archives of askART: Critics acclaim Chester Artist Portrait Features exhibition of His Paintings in New York Furman Joseph Finck, who was born and raised in this city, has just concluded one of the first one-man art exhibitions in New York City this season and has again won the acclaim of the art critics for the caliber of his paintings. The exhibition, which occupied several galleries at the Macbeth Galleries, located at 11 East Fifty-seventh street, in metrop0olitan New York, featured a portrait entitled “Lillian,” which was mentioned by critics as one of Finck’s most excellent works. Now in his early thirties, Finck was born at 1215 Walnut street, and later moved to 310 West Seventh street where his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Finck lived for many years. Finck was educated in the Chester public schools and is a graduate of the Chester High School. At present he maintains studios in Philadelphia and in New York City. He is a member of the faculty of Temple University’s Tyler School of Fine Arts. While a student of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Finck won a traveling scholarship on the merits of a painting of a reclining nude which caused much favorable comment among art critics. He traveled and studied in Italy, before returning home to establish his name in art circles. At the present time he is continuing with his teaching and doing a considerable amount of portrait painting in addition to his other duties. Source: Delaware County Daily Times (Newspaper) (Chester, Pennsylvania) 19 May 1938. Local Artist Takes National Academy Award: Furman J. Finck’s “Crows” Painted At His Tampico Farm Home Furman J. Finck, artist, a resident of St. Johnsbury and New York, has just been awarded the Carnegie Prize at the 117th annual exhibition of the National Academy of Design in New York City for “the most meritorious painting in the exhibition by an American artist.” The canvas, entitled Crows, was painted by Mr. Finck at his Vermont farm. Criticisms were numerous and praiseworthy. To quote two of New York’s most imporrtant critics, Emily Genauer, New York World Telegram “Furman Finck’s “Crows’ (Carnegie Prize) really has style. It is a long narrow still life in limited palette that manages still to be extremely vivid;” while Royal Cortissoz of the New York Herald Tribune, dean of the critics, says: “Furman J. Finck has compassed a veritable triumph in his Crows. That last named painting is, indeed, nothing less than brilliant, a really impressive bit of technique and beauty.” On many previous occasions works of Mr. Finck’s have attracted favorable criticism, and he has become known in the world of art for his painting of Vermont landscapes. He was introduced to the beauty of the Vermont countryside, for the first time, by Mrs. J. H. Klaren, 9 Summer street, while visiting in St. Johnsbury as her guest in 1925. Since then he has returned for many painting trips, later joining her son, John, near north of Danville on his farm. Two years ago Mr. Finck purchased the old Shattuck home north of Tampico corners and has spent much of his spare time rebuilding and restoring this old place. He makes New York a business address, but considers Vermont his home, and his neighbor, William Brandon, the well known novelist and short story writer, is planning this summer to turn their hillside into a victory garden. Source:The Caledonian-Record (Newspaper) (St. Johnsbury, Vermont) 15 Mar 1943. Submitted by Edward P. Bentley, Art Researcher and Historian, Greenville, Michigan. 17 1/2"H x 29 1/2"W (sight), 25 1/2"H x 37 1/4"W (frame)