Oil Painting Rural Scene by Belle Hoffman

Item Details

An oil painting on canvas Rural Scene by Ohio listed artist Belle Hoffman (1889 – 1961). Signed by the artist to the lower right corner of the composition and presented without frame.

Here, an oil painting on canvas of a European rural scene depicting wooden houses and human figures performing daily activities, rendered in vivid hues and loose brushstrokes.

Hoffman, was born in 1889 in Garretsville, Ohio, schooled by painter and founding member of the Pennsylvania Impressionists, Henry Snell (1858 – 1943), in Gloucester, Massachusetts and trained by notable portrait Impressionist painter Charles W. Hawthorne (1872 – 1930) at Provincetown Cape School Of Art. After spending her summer in Gloucester and being deeply influenced by mentor Henry Snell, she presented her first exhibition of post-impressionist paintings at The Gage Gallery located in Cleveland, Ohio where she situated her studio and created outstanding plein air landscapes, coastal scenes, carnival genre and still lifes, constructed in a vibrant palette.
In the late course of her life, she lived in Chautauqua County, New York, where she created superb still lifes and farmscapes.

References: Askart. com, Invaluable.com, michenerartmuseum.com, provincetownartistregistry.com

Condition

- craquelure present to painting; abrasion along perimeter with corresponding inpainting; Under UV light, several areas of inpainting; clean signature; never lined.

Dimensions

Item #

16CIN601-012