1970s Donald Roy Purdy, French Impressionist, Oil on Masonite, Framed

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Donald Purdy (American 1924 - 2016) oil on masonite in beautiful custom wood frame, signed in the lower right corner.

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Throughout the many years that Donald Purdy has painted, his subject matter and style have been very rich and diverse. His career as an artist began in abstract painting and later moved into combining the abstract mode with representational subject matter. Purdy continuously experimented with many means of expression. In the 1970's and early 1980's his palette was influenced by the Barbizon painters, but his technique combined the abstract with the tight Realist approach.

What did remain constant throughout Purdy's career was his tendency to work in series. Previous exhibitions included: New Britain Museum, CT Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Butler Institute of Art .Youngstown. OH Allied Artists of America, NY Silvermine Guild of Artists, CT Hammer Galleries, NY Ridgewood Art Association, NJ Trisdonn Contemporary Gallery, Nyack, NY Hudson Valley Art Association, NY Collections: New Britain Museum, CT Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, OH Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA Colby College Museum, Maine Kansas University, Arkansas Chase Manhattan Bank, NY See less