Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas Attributed to David Walker
Item Details
An oil painting on canvas attributed to David Walker. This abstract piece depicts fantastical organic shapes contrasting with rectilinear forms in the background, rendered in a pale color palette with bright green, yellow and blue highlights. The work is presented unsigned in a wood frame with hanging hardware.
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; frame is cracked; accretion to surface of painting and frame; discoloration to frame.
Dimensions
- measures frame; visible image measures 22.75" W x 29.75" H.
Item #
17CHA041-056
