Edwin Willard Deming Monumental Oil Painting of Western Genre Scene

Item Details

Edwin Willard Deming (American; 1860 – 1942)
Untitled (Native American scene), early 20th century
Oil painting on canvas
Signed to the lower right
Presented in a Arts and Crafts style frame of gilded wood with low-relief carved foliate motif

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.

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Condition

- significant discoloration to varnish on painting; canvas has been re-lined; UV light reveals evidence of overpainted restoration throughout, notable in trees and around signature area; repair work to frame molding to lower left; edge wear and scratches throughout frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible work 60" W x 28" H.

Item #

18DCC659-1897