Leo Murphy Oil of Figures in Surreal Landscape

Item Details

Leo Murphy (Ohio, 1906 – 1980)
Untitled (surreal landscape)
Oil painting on canvas
Signed to lower right

Leo Murphy was born in Springfield, Ohio and studied at the Cincinnati Art Academy, where he eventually returned to teach. He was a WPA artist and became known for the murals he painted in Greenhills and around the city. He exhibited at the Cincinnati Art Museum and his work is found in many collections, both private and corporate.

Condition

- scattered paint loss, craquelure and accretion across painting surface; stretcher marks; scratches, wear and accretion to frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame.

Item #

ITMG434452