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PAIR FOLK PORTRAITS
Oil on Canvas – unmounted on stretcher
Circa 1840-60
A fine pair of anonymously painted bust length profile portraits. Possible husband & wife in an identical dramatic pose. There is a coloration in the two images which is subdued, a sharp deliberations with a distinctly light hue to their facial tones; ears c-shaped are in a muted tone; clothing with brush strokes, and the canvases showing a volumetric mass of a monochromatic background. All to combined produce a visual impact.
Artistic quality is in these unidentified portraits with a fine delineation of their faces having edged tonal contrasts. The rendering of the portraits facial features include the arching of the eyebrows, distinctive modeling of the eyes with heavy lids with shadows beneath, shading of the jaw section. These features all combined give these unidentified portraits great appeal and charm.
A naive charm with individual brush strokes to the individuals hair. Their attire suggesting folds and curves, as well as, the settle outline of the sitters contour as silhouetted against a unusual rich tone decorative quality ochre background. This creating a focal point for these stylized figures.
The style of this 19th Century unknown itinerants Artist has the breath and solidity which is in a traditional folk art manner. Highlighting and picking out details of the sitters faces, hair and their fashionable clothing, the portraits are distinguished by a dramatic sense of design. The intriguing shapes of the sitters make these an especially appealing pair of profiles. These wonderful folk art portraits are interesting because of their 19th Century date. They have great appeal and charm with a style and kinship surprising to 20th century paintings.
Originally found in Vermont in 1977 and remained in a private collection until our purchase – now in contemporary matting and frames.
A-F 3720
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