Anthony "Andy" Flanigan Oil Painting on Canvas Board "Open Hearth"

Item Details

Anthony “Andy” Flanigan (Pennsylvania; 1899-2004)
Open Hearth, n.d.
Oil on canvas board
Signed ‘Flanigan’ to lower right and to board verso
Titled to board verso
20’ W x 15.75’ H

An oil painting on canvas board titled Open Hearth by Anthony ‘Andy’ Flanigan. This work features an indoor construction scene illustrated with controlled delineations. The work is signed to the lower right and to the board verso; it is also titled to the board verso and presented in a simple wood frame.

Living over the span of three centuries, a fact he liked to boast, Andy Flanigan worked for the Pittsburgh Railways, later Port Authority, for 46 years. He first began teaching himself to paint in the 1970s and would continue for the rest of his life, becoming famous in the town of Brentwood where he lived. He was affectionately known as “Pap” to his many friends and family, a name that would spur the pun, “Pap Art,” in response to the Pop Art movement. He did not have his first solo exhibition until the age of 100 when folk art collector and promoter, Pat McArdle, discovered the artist and set up an exhibition of his work at Gallery in the Square in Shadyside. McArdle also helped to get one of Flanigan’s works into the 2002 Outsider art show at the Sen. John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center.

Condition

- canvas board is loose in frame and needs securing; faint scratches and spots of accretion scattered throughout painting; some wear in frame includes stains, scratches, and finish loss scattered throughout.

Dimensions

- measurement of frame; canvas board measures approximately 20" W x 15.75" H.

Item #

18DCC450-057