Florence Bartley Smithburn Watercolor Painting on Paper Floral Still Life

Item Details

A watercolor painting on paper floral still life by well-listed American artist Florence Bartley Smithburn (Indiana, 1904 – 1989). The painting depicts a glass vase filled with yellow daffodils and a smaller blue vase filled with pink flowers. A teal ceramic bowl is rendered along the vases. The graphite underdrawing is visible throughout the composition. It is marked to the lower right with the Smithburn Estate stamp. Presented in white matting and 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

-measures mat, visible image measures: 19.75" W x 27.5" H.

Item #

16CIN997-654