Edwin Willard Deming Oil Painting on Board of a Hunting Scene

Item Details

Edwin Willard Deming
Untitled
oil on board
Signed

Edwin Willard Deming (American; 1860 – 1942)
Untitled, early 20th century
Oil on board
Signed to lower left
16.5’ W x 22’ H (board size)

An early 20th-century oil painting on board of a hunting scene by well-listed American artist Edwin Williard Deming (1860 – 1942). This high action scene features a Native American man on horseback, spearing a bison. The work is signed to the lower left, however the signature is concealed by the frame. It is presented in a gilt and gesso wood frame with acanthus leaf motifs in the corners. Adhered to the verso is a contact label for the artist’s daughter, Alden.

Born in Ohio, Edwin Deming studied at the Art Students League in New York and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris with Gustave Boulanger and Jules Lefebvre. He is known for his depictions of the American west having traveled and lived three decades with Native American tribes of the southwest and pacific northwest. In 1893, he was hired by Outing magazine to travel west and produce illustrations of Native American life with fellow artists DeCost Smith and Frederic Remington. Deming’s 1916 murals of Native American life are located in the American Museum of Natural History and in the Museum of the American Indian. Other institutions that have collected or displayed his work include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Smithsonian Institution, among others.

Condition

- paint chip present to upper right edge of painting; small spots of paint loss and surface scratches throughout; small spots of accretion throughout; wear throughout frame includes large and small chips throughout, especially present to lower left, cracks, scratches, stains, and finish loss throughout.

Dimensions

- measurement of frame; board size measures approximately 16.5" W x 22" H.

Item #

18DCC471-047