Original Oil Painting Signed by Listed Artist Henry Faulkner

Item Details

An original oil on Masonite painting, signed by listed artist Henry Faulkner (1924-1981). Both a poet and painter, Faulkner is best known for his colorful paintings and eccentric lifestyle; from his childhood in the Appalachian region of Kentucky to a bohemian existence in New York, Los Angeles, Key West and Sicily. Author Charles House writes in his biography that ‘to the public, Faulkner was the eccentric rebel who brought his bourbon drinking goat Alice to parties and exhibitions of his paintings. To his friend Tennessee Williams, who made him the subject of his last play, he was a ’brilliant’ poet. To [the author] he was a most peculiar man who distilled the Appalachian experience as no other Appalachian has’.* His work has been exhibited in galleries from New York to Paris, as well as in the Morris Museum of Art: this still life of flowers in a vase against a white background is an excellent example of Faulkner’s colorful and dramatic style. It is professionally framed, in a gesso on wood frame with gold painted finish and covered linen mat.

• Excerpt from ‘The Outrageous Life of Henry Faulkner’ (1988, University of Tennessee Press) See Item 14CIN060-435 for book about Henry Faulkner.

Condition

Very good overall

Dimensions

Dimensions given are to edge of frame; actual exposed area of painting is 22" W x 33.5" H

Item #

14CIN060-007