Richard Earl Thompson Lovely Day Ltd Ed S/N Floral #146

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Description "Lovely Day" Sold "AS IS" signed by Artist Richard E. Thompson Please e-mail any questions before bidding. Very hard to find. Reproduction Limited edition from an original oil painting. Signed and numbered by artist. No Cert included. #146 from a series of 350. From a series of 350 limited editions up for bid. Would look great framed ! Has never been framed! Stored flat. Sold as is due to yellow mark in white border on top of left hand corner.See photo. Flaw can be framed out with matt around print, check with your local framer! Back of print has slight dimple but not seen by eye on front of print. Selling at cost. Retails $150 Signed by artist . Shipped rolled in extra strong 4" wide shipping tube 3 day mail. Rolled only available for international shipping Woman walking through forest with umbrella. Thanks for looking! Richard Earl Thompson's legacy to the world is the gift of enduring beauty - nature captured on canvas in all its myriad moods. An American Impressionist of renown, he has been compared to Monet, but preferred to think of himself as “an extension” to the impressionists “a continuing link.” Profoundly influenced by the Master of the French Impressionist School, he also embraced ideas from Spanish, Italian and American painters. Creating his own unique style by incorporating a broader 20th Century color palette, which included earth tones, and combining painting techniques, Thompson's canvases convey a powerful and harmonious combination of diversified subject matter, exquisite brush work, skillful draftsmanship and luminosity. He summed up his painting simply, "I hope I have sincerity. I have tried to interpret things as I feel inside. I have tried not to be something I am not. No shock treatments, no political messages, compositions based rather on tranquil scenes - a sincere approach to painting to which all people can relate. When drawing, the proportion is pretty well established, and I like to devote time to the color of things as the sun creates them. Color, then is unlimited; it is ever-changing. I see myself not as an extension of the camera, but of the emotions these colors can evoke." He remarked that today we have colors at our fingertips that the early impressionists lacked so we can arrive at even greater variations of light and color. Through the years he perfected the use of color to such an extent that his painting vary from subtle mood scenes and pleasant tranquil setting to high brilliance. A child prodigy at the Chicago Academy of Fine Art at the age of 15, he was taken under the wing of Frederick Grant, who was a student of William Merritt Chase, one of America's great painters. From there he continued at the American Academy of Art and then on to the Chicago Art Institute to study under Louis Ritman. He felt strongly that the fundamental training of drawing, color and composition instilled in those early days provided him the sound basis from which to develop his mature technique. Both musically and artistically gifted, at the age of 18 he made the decision to pursue a career in art rather than opera. He felt that he had to paint in order to live fully. Thompson often compared art to music, feeling that they were akin, only communication in a different form. He has stated, "The world is looking for this communication. A painting that doesn't have to be explained, but simply portrays a beautiful feeling to which people can relate, is communication." The combination of the Depression with the insurgence of the Modern Art Era, and the necessity of supporting a family, let Thompson to choose an early career in commercial art. Many will look back with a tinge of nostalgia recalling the back covers of the "Saturday Evening Post," some of which Thompson was responsible for while working with Haddon Sunbloom who created many of the famous Coca-Cola ads. Also among his commercial art credits are the famous World War II War bond Posters which he was commissioned to paint by the U.S. Government. Distinguished and highly successf... read more

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