David Walker Oil on Canvas "The Conversation"

Item Details

An original oil painting on canvas by American artist David Walker (c.1950- c. 1980), titled The Conversation. This Surrealist inspired painting depicts two white segmented anthropomorphic forms facing each other in a dream-like landscape of shallow rolling grooved hills under a black sky. The work is initialed and dated 1977 in the lower right, and titled and dated by hand on the verso. It is presented unframed.

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

- worn edges and corners; surface wear; small chips to paint; marks to the lower corners.

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Item #

17CHA041-044