Ruth Goldsborough Oil Painting on Canvas "Mountain Scene"

Item Details

Provenance
Property of a American Midwestern Museum

An oil painting on canvas titled Mountain Scene by listed artist Ruth Goldsborough (American; 1918-2013). Depicted is a pair of men on horseback making their way across a river. Artist’s signature to lower right corner of painting. Piece is presented in a gold-toned wooden frame with faux suede insert and wire hanger to the verso.

Art educator and painter Ruth Goldsborough began her formal art training under the 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 to edges of frame; dust present throughout.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible image measures 35.25" W x 23.25" H.

Item #

17DCC323-049