Property of a Hilton Head Island, SC Estate
Description:
Peter Sculthorpe (Canada/PA, b. 1948), Winter in the Country, Watercolor, signed lower right, depicting a cottage and barn blanketed in snow, matted and framed. Frame size: 34 1/2 in. x 67 in. Provenance: Original purchase price of $12,500 in 1980.
Peter Sculthorpe was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1948. His talent was evident even as a child and developed rapidly in high school, where he was awarded an art scholarship in his senior year. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the Hussian School of Fine Art under William Palmer Lear. He is a recipient of the Daisy Jamison Art Scholarship.Sculthorpe's work is represented in private and corporate collections including General Electric, AT&T, DuPont, and Nabisco. His paintings are in the permanent collections of the Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington, Delaware; the William Penn Art Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. (Askart.com)
Measurements: Height: by sight 27 in. x Width: 59 in.
Condition:
Good condition, small spot in snow below beehives near bottom edge, not viewed out of frame, some stains to mat.
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