Florence Bartley Smithburn Watercolor Painting on Paper of Vultures

Item Details

A watercolor painting on paper of vultures by well-listed American artist Florence Bartley Smithburn (Indiana, 1904 – 1989). The painting depicts a pair of vultures resting on a skeleton with zebras and ostriches in the background. It is marked to the lower left with the Smithburn Estate stamp. Presented unframed in white matting wrapped in acetate.

Smithburn studied art the the John Herron Art School in Indianapolis, Indiana, before moving to Uganda for ten years, recording the African tribal way of life with her artwork. Her experiences living in Africa and the United States ultimately shaped her artistic oeuvre, as her art continued to address socio-economic and political issues relevant to the times. Her work has been exhibited widely in Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, Atlanta, New York and Indianapolis and has been included in the collections of the Georgia Museum of Art and the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

Dimensions

- measured mat, visible image measures approximately: 19.5" W x 14" H.

Item #

16CIN997-081