HARRY RUSSELL BALLINGER OIL PAINTING SHORE FISHERMAN

Harry Russell Ballinger
American, 1892-1993
BREAKERS ON A ROCKY SHORE WITH FISHERMAN
Signed: H R Ballinger (lr)
Oil on Canvasboard
11.75 x 15.75 inches

Condition report: Very good to excellent; 100% original surface paint. Frame rubbing, Dirt & Grime. Minor crazing. No restoration detected under UV light. FRAME: Housed in a Newcomb Macklin style gilt wood American hand carved frame.

ARTIST SPECS:
Harry Russell Ballinger (1892 - 1993)

He lived in New Hartford, Connecticut and Rockport, Massachusetts. He studied at the University of California, San Francisco; the Art Students League with Harvey Dunn; and the Academy Colarossi, Paris.

He was a member of the Allied Artists Association, Audubon Artists, American Watercolor Society; New Haven Paint and Clay, Kent Art Association.

His work was exhibited at the National Academy of Design; the Hartford Atheaneum, Connecticut Watercolor Society, Rockport Art Association, North Shore Art Association, Allied Artists Association.

Paintings are in the collections of the New Britain Museum of Art, Wadsworth Atheneum, Springfield Art Museum, Mattatuck Museum, Central Connecticut State College as well as many private collections.

Ballinger was an illustrator and author of many articles for national magazines. He was also author of Painting Surf & Sea (1966); Painting Boats & Harbors (1959); and Landscapes (1965).

Old hair line that run diagonally from 2 o'clock till 7 o'clock on the signed tile, with an old restoration in the lower left corner, some wear to the gilt frame (see images).