Edwin Willard Deming Oil Painting on Canvas of a Nocturnal Western Scene

Item Details

Edwin Willard Deming
Untitled
Oil on board
Signed

Edwin Willard Deming (American; 1860 – 1942)
Untitled, n.d.
Oil on board
Signed ‘E.W. Deming’ to lower left
15.75’ W x 12’ H

An oil painting on board of a nocturnal western scene by well-listed American artist Edwin Williard Deming (1860 – 1942). Portrayed in an impressionist manner with suppressed details and hazy forms, this work features a group of people sitting around a fire next to their covered wagon. Signed to the lower left, the work is presented in a gold-tone gesso and wood frame with beaded molding.

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

- small spots of accretion and faint stains scattered throughout painting; minor wear in frame incudes scratches, stains, and finish loss scattered throughout.

Dimensions

- measurement of frame; board size measures approximately 15.75" W x 12" H.

Item #

18DCC471-113