David Walker Oil Painting on Panel "Business Man"
Item Details
An oil painting on panel by artist David Walker, titled Business Man. This slightly surreal painting depicts a man in a formal, burgundy suit, blue tie and white shirt walking towards the viewer. He is elongated with exaggerated features, with two slender individuals seen walking to the distance before a street lined with olive green, rectangular monolithic forms beneath a gray sky. To the lower right corner of the composition is a painted monogrammed signature, dated 1979. Found to the verso is a full handwritten date and title.
David Walker was an American artist who was most prolific during the 1970s and early 1980s. He was inspired by the German Expressionist movement and artists such as Kathe Kollwitz (1867 – 1945). Like many Expressionists, Walker focused on “fringe” subjects outside of mainstream culture. Keeping a sketchbook with him at all times, Walker was drawn to capturing the melancholy, isolation, and suffering of New York City life. Drawing and painting daily, Walker left over 300 works of art upon his death in the late 1980s.
Condition
- to fair; scratches to surface; marks and staining to surface; light wear to edges and corners.
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Item #
17CHA041-075
