Property of a Private Collector, Savannah, GA
Description:
, signed lower right and on verso, depicting Aztec figures and animals, in a thin wood frame. Frame size: 26 3/4 in. x 32 5/8 in.
Provenance: These work(s) were consigned by the artist’s daughter.
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 canvas 26 1/8 in. x Width: 32 in.
Condition:
Overall good condition, craquelure, in need of cleaning, white stain upper right quadrant in figures face, small puncture in upper right near edge, some minor areas of inpainting throughout.
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