Description: Paul Patton (American, Ohio, 1921-1999) Columbus, Et Al, 1992, #333 acrylic on canvas, signed and dated lower left, inscribed, titled and dated 12/92 verso, framed. Dimensions: Approximately 13 x 18 in. canvas size, 16.75 x 21 3/8 in. as framed. Condition: As pictured, very good with no damage or restoration. Paul W. Patton was a self-taught Ohio folk artist who painted from memory. He was a B-17 bomber pilot in World War II, an educational television administrator in Indiana, and a retired elementary school principal in Bedford, Ohio. Prior to his death in 1999, he was affectionately known as "Grandpa Moses" for his charming paintings of rural Ohio. His work is carried by galleries in Ohio and New York City and is owned by many private collectors. In the mid-1980s, Paul Patton returned to Rix Mills in Muskingum County and was shocked to find the beautiful village of his childhood practically decimated by strip mining. Patton, who had recently begun painting, decided to get serious about using his art to preserve his memories. Eventually, he produced more than 500 folk-art works that capture the events and traditions of daily life in Appalachian coal country between the first and second world wars. The artist died in 1999, but his acrylic paintings live in the book Rix Mills Remembered: An Appalachian Boyhood, published posthumously in 2003.
Price: 399 USD
Location: Studio City, California
End Time: 2025-01-28T18:52:59.000Z
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Artist: Paul Patton
Type: Painting
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Material: Acrylic, Canvas
Production Technique: Acrylic Painting
