Description:

Ben Shute (GA/WI, 1905-1986), St. Simons Island, 1943, Watercolor, signed and dated 1943 upper left, depicting a crowded beachside deck, likely St. Simons Island, GA, matted and framed. Frame size: 28 1/2 in. x 35 1/4 in.

Ben Shute was an artist, teacher, arts advocate, and cofounder of the Atlanta College of Art. He received his formal art education from 1922 to 1928 at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. From Chicago, Shute set out for Atlanta in 1928 to take a teaching job at the newly established High Museum School of Art. While in Atlanta he established a fine reputation as a portrait artist, but his true strength is evident in the many paintings he did to document his travels. Shutes work has been included in exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; and the Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, New York. Regionally his work has been exhibited and collected by both private collectors and such public institutions as the High Museum and the Columbia Museum of Art in South Carolina. In 1965 and 1969 he and his second wife, artist Keenan Wade Ranson Shute, were given joint exhibitions at the Columbus Museum in Columbus. (askart.com)

Measurements: Height: by sight 19 1/2 in. x Width: 26 in.

Condition:

Good condition, some minor foxing spots, not viewed out of frame.

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