Victor Coleman Anderson Oil Painting "Jay's House"
Item Details
Victor Coleman Anderson (American; 1882 – 1937)
Jay’s House, early 20th century
Oil painting on canvas
Signed, titled, and inscribed to verso
An early 20th-century oil painting on canvas titled Jay’s House by well-listed American artist Victor Coleman Anderson (1882 – 1937). Featuring a loosely-rendered farmhouse, this work is titled, signed, and inscribed to the verso, reading: ’Jay’s House’ – Unfinished / by V.C. Anderson. The canvas remains unframed.
Son of Hudson River School painter Frank Anderson, Victor Coleman Anderson was an illustrator and painter who studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He also studied under Birge Harrison, Hobart Nichols, and Herman Dudley Murphy. Anderson was a member of the Grand Central Art Galleries, Salmagundi Club and National Academy of Design. The artist also created illustrations for children’s books and magazines including Life, Collier’s, Country Gentleman, and The Ladies Home Journal, among others.
Condition
- to poor; wear to edges of canvas; dust and accretions present to painting; stretcher frame visible through painting; dark accretion/staining to upper left and lower left of painting; surface wear present to painting; minor billow to canvas; stain to upper right corner of painting.
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Item #
18DCC552-120
