Ruth Goldsborough Oil Painting on Canvas "The Stubborn One"

Item Details

Provenance
Property from an American Midwestern Museum

An oil painting on canvas titled The Stubborn One by listed artist Ruth Goldsborough (American, 1918-2013), dated 1981. The work depicts a western scene comprised of a cowboy on his horse lassoing a calf within an arid surrounding. The piece is signed and dated in brown paint to the lower left corner. A metal plaque inscribed with the title and artist’s name is affixed to the lower center of the frame. The painting is presented without glass, beneath a brown faux suede liner, housed in a wood frame with a gilt finish.

Art educator and painter Ruth Goldsborough began her formal art training under to tutelage of painter, print maker, and educator George Jo Mess (American, 1898 – 1962) at Indiana University. She also studied at the John Heron School of Art. After her husband’s death in 1975 the artist traveled throughout Arizona painting scenes of the American West. Her work can be viewed in private collections and institutions including the Cherokee Museum in Oklahoma. At the time of her death an Education Fund for the Hendersonville Art League was created in her honor.

Condition

- minor wear throughout the frame.

Dimensions

- measures the frame; visible image measures 23.25" W x 29.25" H.

Item #

17DCC191-045