Property of a Private Collector, Savannah, GA

Description:

Frede Vidar (MI, 1911-1967), 6 Wartime Drawings Set in the Philippines, Mixed Media, comprising a 11 1/2 in. x 15 1/2 in. charcoal and watercolor study of a gunner, unsigned (toning, wear to edges, loss top right corner, creases to edges and across top left corner); a 8 in. x 12 in. ink and watercolor study, depicting a building, tents and figures working, signed top left, captioned and dated across bottom edge 'X Corps establishes headquarters in Carigara, directing operations against Japs in ... valley, 19 Nov. 1944', stamped 'released to the artist by the War Department' on verso (toning, wear and discoloration to edges); a 7 7/8 in. x 10 1/2 in. ink and watercolor study depicting a devastated landscape with solders, signed lower right, captioned 'the Gloucester airport captured...' and dated 'Dec. 30, 1943' lower left (toning, wear to edges, losses in top corners, mounting tape fragments in bottom corners); a 7 7/8 in. x 10 1/2 in. watercolor and ink study of a demolished tree with rifle and helmet, signed lower right, captioned and dated 'Pilelo, Dec. 15, 1945' lower left (toning, wear to edges, mounting tape fragments on top corners, small tears top edge); a 8 1/2 in. x 11 in. charcoal, watercolor and ink study of a beach invasion, signed lower left, captioned 'Red Beach...' (toning, wear to edges, staining in corners); and a 7 7/8 in. x 10 3/8 in. pen and ink study of a camp in a wooded landscape, signed lower right, captioned 'Raid on Langemak, Dec. 5th, 1943' lower left (toning, discoloration along right edge, wear to edges. All unframed.

Provenance: These work(s) were consigned by the artist’s daughter. PLEASE NOTE: the original US War Paintings pamphlet is not included with the lot.  We can provide a photocopy of the pamphlet upon request.

Frede Vidar was a well-respected and accomplished painter, muralist, and art instructor. Born in Denmark, Vidar studied at the Royal Academy in Copenhagen, the Academy of Fine Art in Munich, and Academie Julian in Paris, where he also studied with Matisse and Dufy. Around 1925, Vidar moved to San Francisco and continued his studies at the California School of Fine Art. He was a significant figure in the Northern California art scene during the 1930s when he was selected by the Public Works of Art Project as one of twenty-six artists to paint murals in San Francisco’s Coit Tower. During World War II, Vidar served as a combat artist, reached the rank of captain, and won a silver star. After the War, Vidar initially relocated to New Jersey and continued to pursue a career as a fine artist, while also working as a documentary and commercial artist for Abbot Laboratories and Life Magazine, including as a war correspondent and artist during the Korean conflict. Vidar taught at Washington University in Saint Louis in the early 1950s and then at the University of Michigan from 1953 until his death. (CW American Modernism)

Measurements: Height: of largest x Width: 15 1/2 in.

Condition:

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