Abstract Mixed Media Painting by Barbara Rogers Houseworth

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An abstract mixed media painting by the American artist Barbara Rogers Houseworth (1925-2015). This abstract work features a bright yellow … Read more An abstract mixed media painting by the American artist Barbara Rogers Houseworth (1925-2015). This abstract work features a bright yellow background with what appears to be the profile outline of a head. Unsigned, the painting is estate stamped to the verso of the paper and is displayed in a wooden frame and in a white mat.

Barbara Rogers Houseworth was an artist born in 1925 in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was interested in the arts from a young age and eventually attended college at Indiana University to study fine art. While there she learned under the tutelage of artists Harry Engel and Steve Greene who painted in the social realist and abstract style classic to mid-century artists. Later marrying and having two daughters, Houseworth settled in Illinois where she began to paint scenes of domestic life. Her work has been shown in the John Herron Art Museum and a retrospective of her art has been shown in the Madden Arts Center in Decatur, Illinois. See less