Florence Smithburn Oil Painting

Item Details

Florence Bartley Smithburn (American; 1904-1989)
Untitled, mid 20th century
Oil painting on unstretched canvas
Signed “Smithburn” to the verso

Florence Smithburn studied art the the John Herron Art School in Indianapolis, Indiana, before moving to Uganda for ten years, recording the African tribal way of life with her artwork. Her experiences living in Africa and the United States ultimately shaped her artistic oeuvre, as her art continued to address socio-economic and political issues relevant to the times. Her work has been exhibited widely in Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit, Atlanta, New York and Indianapolis and has been included in the collections of the Georgia Museum of Art and the Indianapolis Museum of Arts.

Condition

- to fair; fraying and wear throughout the edges of unstretched canvas; paint loss present along painting edges; perforations throughout canvas edges from previous display; craquelure and paint loss throughout the composition.

Dimensions

- measures unstretched canvas; composition size 24" W x 30" H.

Item #

18DCC724-005