Historical Home Russellville Kentucky 1930 by Historical Home Russellville Kentucky 1930

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Mid-century Southern landscape of the historical Home possibly of the Artist and built by the Kentucky Governor John Breathitt for … Read more Mid-century Southern landscape of the historical Home possibly of the Artist and built by the Kentucky Governor John Breathitt for his daughter Jane (some historical accounts say) and later the McClean family lived there, in Russellville, Kentucky by Roberta Fisk McClean (American, 1882-1975). As we get the information confirmed we will update the description. Roberta painted numerous versions of the house and one example called it the Bowden House. There is a House that looks similar on E5th in Russellville called Governors Corner, but many look like the same structure of the time.

Signed "R. McClean" in the lower left corner
Presented in a giltwood frame.
Artist's board size: 14"H x 19"W
Framed size: 17.75"H x 22.5"W


Born in Russellville, Kentucky, Roberta McClean graduated from the Logan Female College and then went on to study at the Art Students League in New York and with William Merritt Chase at the New York School of Art.

Following her studies in the city, she returned to Kentucky where she maintained a studio in Louisville. She exhibited throughout the Southeast and was included in the 1934 Salon of Independent Artists in New York.
Listed:
1. Kentucky Women Artists (Kentucky foundation for Women)
2. Southern Women Artists
3. American Art Annual 1910. See less