1961 American Donal Purdy Modernist Composition of a Female Figure in a Vibrant Garden Setting Frame Oil Art on Masonite.

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Donald Purdy (American, 1924 - 2016), oil on board figural painting depicting a female figure within a garden setting.
Rendered … Read more Donald Purdy (American, 1924 - 2016), oil on board figural painting depicting a female figure within a garden setting.
Rendered in an expressive modernist style with palette of deep greens, blues, and red accents, the composition emphasizes color, form, and atmosphere. Signed and dated lower left Purdy 61.
Presented in an ornate carved composite frame with foliate decoration.
Dimensions 32” x 38” x 3”
With out frame 30” x 24”

The 1961 Significance: Artworks from 1961 represent a highly collectible era for Purdy. During this window, he transitioned from his early pure abstraction into a rich, heavily textured, representational “ Impressionist-Modernist” style heavily inspired by Vincent van Gogh’s.
Purdy exhibited extensively across both the United States and Europe,winning prestigious awards like the Gold Medal from the Allied Artist of America. Today, his post-war impressionistic work are preserved in numerous public institutions and museum permanent collections, just to name a few:

The U.S. State Department ( Two of his pieces were officially selected for National representation in the historic “ Art in Embassies” traveling exhibition program.

The Chrysler Museum of Art ( Virginia)
The Cincinnati Art Museum
The Columbus Museum of Art
( Ohio)
The New Britain Museum of American Art (New Britain)
The Butler Institute of American Art ( Youngstown, Ohio)
The Housatonic Museum of Art( Bridgeport, Connecticut)
Colby College Museum of Art ( Maine)
The University of Kansas Museum of Art See less