Elsie Palmer Payne, Still Life With Fruit, Oil on Canvas, C. 1930s

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A richly colored still life by California artist Elsie Palmer Payne (1884–1971). Apples, pomegranates, pears, bananas, and grapes fill a … Read more A richly colored still life by California artist Elsie Palmer Payne (1884–1971). Apples, pomegranates, pears, bananas, and grapes fill a woven basket and spill across a striped textile whose broad, earthy bands suggest a Mexican sarape. Payne sets the fruit’s warm reds and yellows against deep greens and a dark blue-green background.
Payne was an accomplished painter, illustrator, and teacher. She and her husband, noted California landscape painter Edgar Alwin Payne, were founding members of the Laguna Beach Art Association. In the 1930s, Elsie established an independent practice in Los Angeles and worked increasingly in oil, painting city scenes, portraits, flowers, and still lifes. A retrospective of her work was held at the Carnegie Art Museum in 1988.

Signed “Elsie Palmer Payne” at lower left. Dated circa 1930s .

Details: Oil on canvas; 14" H × 18" W; unframed.

Condition: Fine craquelure, scattered surface wear, and small abrasions and losses along the edges. The canvas reverse shows staining and loose threads at the margins. The painting could benefit from professional cleaning by a painting conservator. Offered in its present condition; please review the photographs. Unframed See less