Vintage SVEN OHRVEL CARLSON Winter 'ROCKPORT Quarry Landscape' CAPE ANN PAINTING

Description: ORIGINAL SVEN OHRVEL CARLSON (1911-2006) 'WINTER QUARRY LANDSCAPE WINTER SUN' PAINTING This is just a great original piece. I was recently at an auction that was selling the works of Sven Ohrvel Carlson that come directly from the estate of the artist. In fact, the works being offered were the paintings that actually hung in the artist's home or were part of his personal collection. Obviously special works by the artist. For those not familiar with the artist, I have included his biography below. This is a scene of what is probably a Rockport landscape in winter. I really love the way the winter sun shines through at the top center. Wonderful crisp clean white snow against the dark landscape and rocks. Really a wonderful composition. Gouache and watercolor on paper measuring 19 1/2 x 25 inches. Signed lower right corner. Painting is in excellent condition. Outstanding original color. Clean and vibrant. Double archival matte shows some spotting on the outer edge on the left side but nothing too bad. Nice original frame is ready to hang. The back has an NFS written on it so obviously the artist wanted to hold onto this one. Really a great presentation of this wonderful painting. Frame measures 28 1/2 x 34 1/4 inches. If you collect Carlson's work, make sure you check my store for the other works I am selling by the artist. Some really fine works. Happy to combine shipping. Add only $6 more for S&H&I for each additional painting you purchase. For those not familiar with the artist his biography from askart reads: "Artist Sven Ohrvel Carlson was also a sculptor, a professional jazz and classical violinist, a composer, and a poet, died August 22, 2006 of prostate cancer at Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester. He was 95.Mr. Carlson, who preferred to be known by his middle name, was born in West Orange, New Jersey, where his father worked for the Thomas A. Edison factory. When I was 5,” he wrote in his unpublished memoirs,” dad bought a small watercolor set and one night at the kitchen table…he painted a small picture of trees along the side of a pond with light, shadow and reflections…on the water. To me, it was a miracle.” He also wrote of traveling the world as a young man, often on freighters, sometimes stowing away and becoming a deckhand, sketching and painting scenes and people to earn his keep. Mr. Carlson graduated from West Orange High School the year the stock market crashed and made his first sea journey as a deckhand to the Panama Canal. After graduating from the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Art, Mr. Carlson worked for the Edison plant, designing waffle irons, sandwich grills, and percolators, he said. From 1935 to 1939, he worked for the Depression-era Works Project Administration, doing murals on public buildings, and he studied at the Art Students League of New York. He joined the Army in 1942 and marched in the liberation of Paris parade down the Champs-Elysees in 1944. Back home from the war, Mr. Carlson set up a studio and started teaching at colleges and privately. Around this time, he met his future wife, who was one of his students. His work appeared in various magazines, she said, and for several summers he ran an art school in Lake Placid, New York. In 1967, he moved his family to Rockport, where he taught, exhibited widely, and played violin with the Cape Ann Symphony and with jazz musicians. He continued to paint and play his violin and walked six blocks every day – even on crutches- until recently, his wife said." CHECK THE PICTURES ON THIS GREAT PIECE. DONT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY. Shipping and handling can be calculated based on the ebay shipping calculator. If you have any questions regarding the work, please dont hesitate to ask. Pictures are an excellent indication of condition. Though the shipping says it will take 5 days of handling, usually items are shipped much faster and if you pay right away, the item most likely will go out in the next day or two. If there is any problems with the item please dont hesitate to email me. I guarantee and stand 100% behind everything I sell. No reason to open up any sort of cases. Just simply contact me and I will handle any and all problems. Out of the nearly 500 items I ship around the world every year, a very few of them occasionally get lost or broken. I insure every item and will handle all insurance claims and make sure you are reimbursed 100%. Check my feedback. After nearly 15 years of selling on ebay, my reputation speaks for itself. If you are not happy with your purchase, I will work to make sure you are. Thanks again for your interest and bidding.

Price: 517.5 USD

Location: Holliston, Massachusetts

End Time: 2024-08-21T12:33:08.000Z

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