Serigraph Print - Edgar Alwin Payne
Item Details
A serigraph after extremely well listed American Painter Edgar Alwin Payne (1883 – 1947). This print has been printed so that it might fully resemble the original painting. A link to the original work has been provided. The artist was born in the heart of The Ozarks and left home as a teenager to travel far afield, although it would always be the American West tugged his heartstrings the tightest. The artist briefly landed at the Art Institute of Chicago and decided after a stint of just two weeks that it was not for him, that he would not be lassoed by the rigamarole of academic routine and rhetoric. In 1909 the artist went to California for the first time. Soon thereafter he married painter Elsie Palmer, stalling their wedding ceremony so that he might paint his bride in the perfect morning light. In 1917 the artist was commissioned to paint for the Santa Fe Railroad, the work that transpired because of the commission has come to define the artist’s career and forever tied his heart to the West. The artist struggled through the depression years and separated with his wife in 1932, reuniting with her only when he was dying of cancer in 1946, and staying with him until his death in 1947. The original painting (which this is not) is exemplary of Payne’s harbor scenes and was almost certainly painted en plein air which was the artist’s typical modality of painterly practice. It is possible that the original painting was made during the couples tour of Europe between 1922-1924, or that it was made during the couple’s return to Europe when they painted the harbors of Brittany, and Chioggia, in 1928. This fine serigraphic reproduction is presented in a plaster gilded wooden frame.
Condition
- the layers of ink exhibit a good deal of chipping and ink loss to its surface, but is nevertheless a nice piece.
Dimensions
Image Size: 23"w x 19.25"h
Item #
14CIN351-156
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