Robert Wright Folk Oil Painting of Townscape

Item Details

Robert Wright (Pennsylvania; 1943- 2006)
Untitled (Folk town scene), late 20th century
Oil painting on canvas
Signed to the lower right

Provenance
From the collection of P.J. McArdle.

Born a seventh son of a seventh son, Robert Wright was deeply influenced by his Roman Catholic faith and local Pittsburgh neighborhoods. His paintings often highlight the South Side Pittsburgh slopes, religious motifs, faces and birds. He was a self-taught artist who exhibited at a few local Pittsburgh galleries and the Three Rivers Arts Festival. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, Wright never finished high school and eventually worked as a landscaper and a janitor at a daycare center. His mother, Catherine, fostered his artistic interests and he eventually found success with his work at a social service agency in Oakland.

Condition

- moderate accretion to surface; light discoloration to painting and stains to canvas verso; split to frame wood in lower left corner; other marks and edge wear to frame, with corners meeting unevenly; wear and fraying to canvas edges on verso.

Dimensions

- measures the frame; visible image measures 50" W x 40" H.

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Item #

ITMG240148