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Paul Bernard King oil on board, Asian still life, King captured the light beautiful in this piece. Signed and presented in a wood frame with gilded liner.Condition Report
areas of paint thinning possibly from an earlier frame, paint is stable.
Dimension, 21"W x 3"D x 25"H
King was born in 1867 to a Buffalo, New York goldsmith. Apprenticed there to a lithography firm, he became an accomplished printer. King later studied at the Art Students League of Buffalo and, from 1901 to 1904, at the New York Art Students League* with Henry S. Mowbray. While a student, he was an illustrator for Life and Harper's magazines. From 1905 to 1906, King studied in Holland with Willy Sluiter, Evert Pieters and Bernard Bloomers.He was a board member of the Philadelphia School of Design for Women*, serving as vice president and acting president, from 1908 to 1921. In 1921, he moved from his long-time home in Germantown section of Philadelphia to Stony Brook, Long Island, where he died in 1947.Memberships: Allied Artists*, America Federation of Arts*, Artists Aid Society*, Artists Fund Society* International Society of Arts and Letters, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts*, Philadelphia Art Club* and Salmagundi Club.*Public Collections:Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo; Butler Art Institute, Youngstown, Ohio; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Reading Museum, Pennsylvania; Los Angeles Museum; Houston Art Museum; New Pantheon, Nashville, Tennessee.
Condition Report:
areas of paint thinning possibly from an earlier frame, paint is stable.
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