Delightful Mid Century Still Life Watercolor by American artist Hartley Fletcher Gurrey (1907-1986)

Impressionist style watercolor, a bowl of apples, pears and grapes wrapped in a red cloth sits in a basket bowl on a red, teal and white tablecloth.

Displayed in beige matting with period mid century gold and green wooden frame under glass.

Measures:
Image 19.75" high x 13" wide
Framed 28.5" high x21"

Born in Indiana, Hartley Gurrey studied with portraitist Wayman Adans at Washington State College earning a BA in art. Continued her studies on a Carnegie Scholarship at the University of Oregon Art Student League. During her time in New York, she studied with George Picken, Will Barnet and Yasuo Kuniyoshi and later became a teacher at both Washington and Pennsylvania State Colleges.

Moving to Honolulu, Hawaii before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, whereupon she married a local art store owner, Richard B Gurrey. At the time, she was commissioned by the US Army to record the army operations and techniques In 1944 she exhibited a one-woman show at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Listed below all exhibitions, Hartley Fletcher Gurrey showed her works.

Exhibitions:
Palm Dessert One Woman Show
Art Insititute of Chicago
Cincinnati Museum
Pensylvania Academy of Fine Art
San Francisco Museum of Fine Art
Seattle Art Museum
Hawaiian Painters & Sculptures Association
Honolulu Academy of Art
Long Beach Art Association'
Laguna Beach Art Association
Palm Springs Desert Museum

Also listed in the following:
Who's Who of American Art
Who's Who of American Women Artists


Condition:
Alterations: Original Condition Unaltered
Imperfections: Some Imperfections
Condition Notes: Very good. No foxing or age damage.

Origin:
United States

Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor

Details:
Art Subjects: Botanic, Interiors, Still Life
Frame Type: Framed
What type of item is it? Vintage / Antique / Used
Country of Origin: United States

Original Condition Unaltered; Some Imperfections; Very good. No foxing or age damage.