Revington Arthur (1908-1986) - Vintage Outsider Dark Landscape With Figure and Dead Horse (Ca. 1945, Oil on Canvas)

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Revington Arthur (1908-1986) - Vintage Outsider Dark Landscape With Figure and Dead Horse (Ca. 1945, Oil on Canvas). Dark landscape … more Revington Arthur (1908-1986) - Vintage Outsider Dark Landscape With Figure and Dead Horse (Ca. 1945, Oil on Canvas). Dark landscape with house in the background and dead horse and figure in the foreground. A murder of crows in the sky. No signature found. In fair condition with wear consistent with age. Slight rippling of the canvas along the top of the frame. Craquelure throughout.

Size: 30 x 25.5 in

AJ Revington Arthur was born in Stamford, CT, and traveled America looking for inspiration. While in school he studied under notable artists including George Luks, Arshile Gorky, Kimon Nicholaides, and Grant Reynard. During his career his work was exhibited throughout America including at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, the Carnegie Institute, and was published in Time and Esquire magazines. His work is in permanent collections in The Brooklyn Museum, The Delaware Museum, and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. He was a member of the Silvermine Guild, and spent forty-three summers teaching at the Chautauqua Art Summer School in Chautauqua, New York, eventually becoming the director, from 1945 through 1983. less