$400
Harry Barton (American, 1908-2001) oil on Masonite landscape "The Flower Field", signed lower right H. Barton, label and information verso, gilt framed; measures approximately 18-1/4" in height on 22-1/8" in width with a sight image measuring approximately 11-5/8" in height by 15-1/2" in width.Harry Barton (May 12, 1908-August 12, 2001) was an American artist whose illustrations were featured in The Saturday Evening Post, Argosy, Boy’s Life, Down East, and American Artist, as well as on movie billboards for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and in fashion advertising for Lord & Taylor and Gertz department stores. Harry’s paintings and sketches were exhibited in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Salmagundi Club, Lord & Taylor, the Smith Gallery, and Illustration Club in New York; the Blue Heron Gallery in Wellfleet, Cape Cod; the Schaff Gallery in Cincinnati; and the Mast Cove Gallery in Kennebunkport. He received several prizes for his work and his work is in private collections throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.
Auctioneer:
Bremoauctions
Date:
2017-03-18
