Forrest King Moses 1962 Oil Painting "Erie Canal"

Item Details

Forrest King Moses (New York; 1893- 1974)
Erie Canal, 1962
Oil painting on Masonite
Signed to the lower right
Informative label to the verso

Hand written note attached to verso reads: ’For Susan M. Halby / Christmas 1967 / Painted by / Forrest K. Moses’

An oil painting on Masonite titled Erie Canal by primitive artist Forrest King Moses (New York; 1893- 1974), dated 1967. This piece depicts a pastoral landscape featuring farmers tending to their fields and horse-drawn boats being towed along the southern canal. A paper label affixed to the verso bears an image of the artist in his studio with the date and title of the piece inscribed. The artist’s signature is present to the lower right corner of the painting and it is presented in a cove-style wooden frame.

Son of renowned folk artist Grandma Moses (Anna Mary Robertson Moses), Forrest King Moses is best known for his folk genre scenes capturing the rural daily activities at the Adirondack Mountains in Eagle Bridge, New York. Influenced by his mother, King Moses renditions are comprised of a naive and simplistic technique full of charming detailing. Following Granda Moses steps, he dabbled into painting later on in his life when he was 56 years old with the purpose of representing the vanishing rural life of his surroundings.

Condition

- wear to edges of frame; dust and accretions present to frame and painting; surface wear present to painting; discoloration and markings to upper portion of painting; loss of wood to lower left corner of frame; Masonite loose in frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible image measures 23.5" W x 15.75" H.

Item #

ITMG180338