Vintage Oil Painting By Willis M. Rue

Item Details

A vintage original oil painting on canvas, titled Hatahlia, by Willis M. Rue (1908-1991), a well-listed American artist known for horses, frontier landscape, and native American portrait paintings. The image depicts a portrait of a Native American man wearing a vibrant magenta collared shirt, adorned with turquoise jewelry and a blue piece of fabric tied around his head. Set against a blue backdrop alive with energetic brushstrokes, with artist signature to the bottom right corner. Behind a linen mat with title and artist name on a small brass plaque below portrait, presented in a rustic wood frame with a painted finish.

Condition

- canvas has small stretched protrusion above left side of head from improper storage. Linen mat has water stain on bottom left corner. Finish of frame is notably damaged on top left edge and scratched along edges.

Dimensions

Item #

15CIN384-321