Images of the Day, August 14, 2012

For the next few days we’ll be featuring paintings that will be exhibited at Maynard Dixon Country 2012, home of the extraordinary Maynard Dixon cabin and ground, beautifully preserved by Susan and Paul Bingham and the Bingham Gallery in Mt. Carmel.  This event gets bigger and better each year, featuring many of the most talented artists in the country.

Credit: Maynard Dixon Country

Peggi Kroll-Roberts
Zinnia Days
Oil
16 x 20 in.

For more information see our previous post at:

Maynard Dixon Country 2011: An Artist's Artist

Image of the day, August 12, 2012

Even if you think you don’t know the artist Maxfield Frederick Parrish, (1870-1966) you’ll probably recognize prints that hung in your great aunt’s home or that of an elderly friend or relative.  The most famous of the prints was titled “Daybreak,” (1922). The actual painting, from which the prints were copied, sold not long ago for $5,234,500. Before Parrish painted his iconic neo-classical paintings full of atmosphere, languid youth and the famous ‘Parrish blue’, he was illustrating western scenes for the covers of McClure’s, Colliers and other popular turn-of-the-century magazines.

Credit: Christies Auction, New York
Daybreak
1922
oil on board
26 x 45 in.

Credit: Christies Auction, New York
Rawhide
1904
oil on paper
16 x 20 in.
Illustration for McClure’s Magazine, January 1905

Credit: ebay
Cover of Colliers
1907
Commemoration Oklahoma Statehood

Credit: Worthpoint
Cover of McClure’s Magazine
November, 1904

Credit: ebay
Top-Notch Pulp Magazine, 15 August, 1921

Image of the Day, August 11, 2012

Bill Gollings grew up in Pierce City, Idaho, worked on a ranch in Rosebud County, Montana and eventually settled in Sheridan, Wyoming where he painted for the remainder of his life. His contemporaries were Russell, Remington, Koerner and other artists of the authentic American West.  Their work is highly desired because of the genre element, telling stories that can no longer be told. More than anyone, Gollings credited Joseph Sharp for teaching him to paint and encouraging him to be an artist.  He is not well known to the general public, but his work is in museums and private collections throughout the world. Three paintings, some of his early and best work, are coming up for auction this September.

Credit: Jackson Hole Art Auction

E. Williams Gollings (1878-1932)
Indian on Horseback
Oil on canvas
33.5 x 23.75
Estimated at: $125,000. To $175,000

Credit: Jackson Hole Art Auction

E. Williams Gollings (1878-1932)
Returning to Camp
1914
Oil on canvas
20 x 15 in.
Estimated at: $100,000. To $150,000

Credit: Jackson Hole Art Auction

E. Williams Gollings (1878-1932)
Bucking Bronco
1913
Oil on canvas
33.5 x 23.75 in.
Estimated at: $200,000. To $300,000

Image of the Day, August 8, 2012

Image by Skip Douglas created in charcoal.

Credit: Hein Academy of Art