Wayne Morrell Landscape Oil Painting "Sunlight of Winter"

Item Details

Wayne Beam Morell (Massachusetts/New Jersey, 1923 – 2013)
Sunlight of Winter, 1965
Oil painting on canvas
Signed to lower right and to verso
Inscription to the verso reads “A sunny afternoon with the oak leaves still lingering through. January, 1965”

After graduating from the Philadelphia School of Industrial Art, Wayne Beam Morrell worked as a commercial artist and mural painter. Upon returning from the Korean War, where he served with the United States Army, he turned his attention to fine art painting, eventually leaving his career as a commercial artist. He maintained a home and studio in Rockport, Massachusetts where he was a member of the famed Rockport artist colony as well as numerous artist associations, including the American Artists and the Salmagundi Club. His work can be found in many prestigious collections including the Butler Institute of American Art and the Columbus Museum of Fine Art as well as many private collections.

Condition

- light scattered accretion to painting surface chips with loss to frame finish, crack and chips to frame liner.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible image measures 39.75" W x 29.75" H.

Item #

ITMG207805