Lawton Silas Parker Landscape Oil Painting of Washington, D. C.

Item Details

Lawton Silas Parker (Illinois/California/France; 1868 – 1954)
Untitled (Washington, D. C. landscape), late 19th/early 20th-century
Oil on canvas
Signed to lower left

A late 19th to early 20th-century oil landscape painting on canvas by well-listed American painter Lawton Silas Parker (Illinois/California/France; 1868 – 1954). This Impressionist scene depicts a springtime garden scene in Washington, D. C., the capitol building rising above the trees on the horizon. Artist signature is signed to the lower left. This painting is mounted in a beveled wood frame with cast moulding and a gold tone finish.

Parker’s works are represented in the permanent collections of numerous prestigious institutions including the Art Museum of Nebraska; Washington County Museum of Fine Arts; Butler Institute of American Art; Wright Museum of Art; Sheldon Museum of Art; National Academy of Design Museum; and the Carnegie Art Museum, among others.

Condition

- accretion and mild discoloration across painting surface.

Dimensions

- canvas measures 13″ × 15″.

Item #

18CIN698-001