William Joseph "Bill" Freeman (American, 1927-2012), oil on canvas, ca. mid 20th century CE. In this outstanding Bill Freeman painting, a river cascades over jutting rocks and felled tree limbs with dramatic splashes of white water resulting from the turbulent flow. Freeman's compostion zooms in on the landscape which is at once beautiful and powerfully sublime. His style demonstrates influences of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism achieved via a sophisticated use of both palette knife impasto techniques as well as the brush. The painting is set in a beautiful wooden frame and is ready to hang. Size: 15.5" W x 19.625" H (39.4 cm x 49.8 cm); (frame): 26" W x 30" H (66 cm x 76.2 cm)

Bill Freeman grew up in West Texas on a farm just outside of El Paso. Interestingly, he worked as a horse wrangler, fought forest fires for the U.S. Forest Service, and was a field researcher and guide for the Arizona Game and Fish Department for twelve years in Arizona, Wyoming, and New Mexico prior to becoming an artist. It was not until the age of thirty that Freeman decided to become an artist specializing in Western landscapes. Today he is considered a pioneer of Western art centered on such storied locales as Scottsdale, Arizona and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Provenance: private Glorieta, New Mexico, USA collection

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Minute nicks and scuffs to frame, a few minor stains to canvas verso that do not interfere with the painted composition, and minor paint spatter to frame verso. Otherwise excellent.