1930s Sunflowers Oil on Canvas Painting

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Joyful sunflowers in a red ceramic vase are painted on a linen canvas in a style reminiscent of the 1930s … Read more Joyful sunflowers in a red ceramic vase are painted on a linen canvas in a style reminiscent of the 1930s and signed by the artist. This charming style falls somewhere between realism and abstraction. The canvas is framed in a handcrafted, rustic, unfinished wood cathedral design frame. The signature appears to be Galindo H Esparza but we have been unable to locate an artist with that name or a similar combination.

The techniques, style and lighting employed in this work remind us of the styles of Edward Hopper and Georgia O’Keeffe.

Additional notes: back of frame has handwriting, 30082000 H 1936

From artincontext.org: The American Scene was a 1930s art movement that began in ardent opposition to the growth of European modernism and was distinguished by a commitment to authentically American subject matter. During the era of Great Depression art, a significant proportion of 1930s artists spurned the more revolutionary, non-objective creative movements that were gaining popularity internationally, rather concentrating on native topics produced in a primarily realistic manner, generating a “democratic” art style that was understandable and accessible to the broader population. See less