Entitled View from Scenic Point, this 1983 oil on masonite abstracted landscape is by Derby, CT native Edith Park Truesdell (1888-1986). Truesdell lived for nearly a century as a noted painter, teacher, writer and poet. Her long life ran parallel to that of the first female American artist to achieve real fame; Georgia O'Keeffe. She was also the aunt, mentor and ally behind the seminal Bay Area Figurative painter, David Park (1911-1960), and her work profoundly influenced her nephew's creative development. Truesdell was trained at the Boston Museum School under American Impressionists, Frank Weston Benson and Edmund C. Tarbell. Her deep engagement with figurative and landscape painting brought her solo shows at the Boston Museum, UCLA, the Copley Gallery in Boston, the Denver Public Library, the Monterey Peninsula Museum, the Carmel Art League, and a 1979 one-woman exhibition at the Pat Carey Gallery in San Francisco. She was an important member of The California Art Club and exhibited with members of L.A.'s progressive "Group of Eight".

1983
Oil on Masonite
26"x30" framed, 24.5"x28.25" unframed

Signed and dated lower right. Good vintage condition. Framed in a contemporary wide-faced wood frame with a dark walnut finish.


Condition:
Alterations: Original Design Modified
Imperfections: Some Imperfections
Condition Notes: good vintage condition

Materials & Techniques:
Acrylic Paint, Masonite

Details:
Art Subjects: Abstract, Landscape
Country of Origin: Unknown
What type of item is it? Vintage / Antique / Used
Frame Type: Framed

Original Design Modified; Some Imperfections; good vintage condition