Southern Estates and Various Owners including Old Master, Maritime and Contemporary Works
Sun, Oct 11, 2020 02:00PM EDT
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Lot 22
5565016: George Biddle (PA/CA, 1885-1973), Fire in the Night, Oil on Canvas, 1936 E9VDL
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000
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| $30,000 | $2,500 |
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Description
Property of Thomasville Center for the Arts, Thomasville, GA
George Biddle (PA/CA, 1885-1973), Fire in the Night, Oil on Canvas, 1936, signed and dated 1936 lower right, with label from D. Wigmore Fine Art, 22 East 76th St, New York, with artist title, size and medium, depicting white horse and foal in fire burned landscape with barn and mountains in the background. Frame size: 27 1/2 in. x 31 5/8 in.
Provenance: Estate of the Artist, Philadelphia, PA; Michael Biddle, Croton-on-Hudson, NY; D. Wigmore Fine Art Inc, American Paintings, 22 E 76th St, Ny, NY 10021
Exhibited: American Scene Painting and Sculpture:Dominant Style of the 1930's and 1940's, D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc, NY, 1988, p. 45.
Most of Biddle's history involves Depression-era, American Scene mural painting, for which Biddle was personally responsible, by suggesting a government-sponsored program to his old friend and classmate Franklin D. Roosevelt. Born on January 24, 1885 in Philadelphia, Biddle received his B.A. from Harvard where he then completed his doctorate in law. He received art instruction at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, at the Académie Julian in Paris and then in Munich. (AskArt.com)