Description: An oil on masonite painting of a vivid arrangement of red and white roses against a pale green background. Signed lower right. Verso is a label attached from Bethlehem Art Gallery in Newburgh, NY. A gallery, which Gould established in 1957. Housed in an Italian made silver colored wood frame.


History: John Gould has had a long career in art, both as artist and art instructor. He is also well- known as a lecturer on art, particularly oriental painting. In 1957, he established the Bethlehem Art Gallery and Art School located near Newburgh, N.Y. He was born in Worcester, Mass,, studied art at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y. and later instructed at Pratt for 22 years. He was a prominent illustrator for the Saturday Evening Post for more than eight years and an illustrator for many national corporations. In the world of fine arts, he is a successful painter. His oil paintings and watercolors are in many private collections. For subject matter, he is partial to historical subjects. For 20 years, Mr. Gould was an art consultant for General Electric Co., Erie Pa., Locomotive Division. His paintings of locomotives and rapid transit subjects can be seen in executive offices of railroads worldwide, as well as in every railroad company office in the USA.
About Bethlehem Art Gallery. In May of 1957, John and Mary Gould opened the doors of the Bethlehem Art Gallery. Their vision was to fill the region's need of a venue for artists to display their talents, to provide a place where people could receive art instruction and to provide full custom framing service. Take a moment to travel back to view the people, places and events which were the seeds for the creation of the Bethlehem Art Gallery. A few years after John and Mary Gould moved their four sons from Queens Village in New York City to Cornwall New York, a group called the "Fourteen Artists" started meeting for the purposes of show-casing their art and developing their talents. Two of the artists, John Gould and Coulton Waugh decided they needed a place to display art and give lectures and instruction. They found the Bethlehem Fellowship Hall at Bethlehem Church was a wonderful location suited to all these needs.

Provenance: N/A


Dimensions: Weight (Pounds & Ounces) = 8.25 | Height(in) = 26 | Width(in) = 30 | Depth(in) = 2

Size of Artwork(in): 26 x 22"


Artist Name: John Gould


Medium: Masonite, paint.


Circa: Circa 1950

Under UV inspection, no restoration found.