Reginald Grooms Nautical Mixed Media Painting "Clearing Weather"

Item Details

Reginald Leslie Grooms (Ohio, 1900 – 1989)
Clearing Weather, mid to late 20th century
Watercolor and gelatin emulsion medium on paper mounted on panel
Signed to the lower left
Provenance inscription to the verso
Artist’s address label with title and and medium description as “gunk painting” to the verso with addition descriptive label

Reginald Grooms was a painter, watercolorist, lithographer and teacher. His students include many prominent and listed Cincinnati artists. The son of a wood engraver, Grooms took up watercolors and oils as a childhood hobby. He studied at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and in 1923 he went to Paris to study painting at the Académie Julian. While in Paris he exhibited in the Spring Salons of both 1924 and 1925. In 1925, Grooms returned to Cincinnati to teach at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and the University of Cincinnati School of Applied Arts. Grooms had numerous solo exhibitions throughout his life including at the Closson Gallery, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati Art Club, Charles Morgan Gallery in New York, and University of Kansas Museum.

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Condition

- notable toning to paper and discoloration to painting; frame has been repainted with some irregularities particularly to the liner.

Dimensions

- measure frame; sight measures 35.5" W x 23.5" H.

Item #

ITMG607029