Mid Century Industrial Landscape With Row Houses by Doris Lyons Hoover

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Industrial Landscape with Row Houses in Oil on Linen

Bold industrial landscape by Doris Lyons Hoover (American, 1927-2014). A large … Read more Industrial Landscape with Row Houses in Oil on Linen

Bold industrial landscape by Doris Lyons Hoover (American, 1927-2014). A large red building with smokestacks dominates the landscape, standing above the surrounding buildings. The sky is blue and filled with puffy clouds, a strong contrast to the gritty landscape and muddy ground around the factory.

Signed "Lyons" in the lower right corner and on verso.
Canvas size: 24"H x 30"W
No frame.

Doris Lyons Hoover (American, 1927-2014) was born in Fort Payne, Alabama, on Oct. 8, 1927, on her grandparents' farm. She was raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and attended college at the University of Chattanooga, (now UTC) where she received honors in ar. At U.C. she met her husband Jack Hoover, and the couple moved to Palo Alto in 1954.

Doris Hoover became a nationally known fabric artist, teacher, lecturer and co-founder of the Peninsula Stitchery Guild, a leading organization in the Bay Area Crafts Movement of the 1970s. Her beautiful, often playful quilts, soft sculptures and creative stitchings grace homes, offices, and museums throughout California and beyond. She also authored "Too Hot to Handle: Potholders and How to Make Them," and co-authored "Tassels," another how-to book. Art permeated Hoover's life, and both her home and garden were a constantly evolving visual feast enjoyed by friends and family. An archive of her work in fabric art has been established at Vanderbilt University.

Exh: 1969 - Gallery House, Palo Alto, CA See less