MILLARD SHEETS
(American, 1907-1989)
Net Fishing - Moorea
1979, watercolor
signed and dated Millard Sheets 1979 lower left
sheet: 22 x 30 in., frame: 31 1/2 x 39 1/2 in.
Provenance: The Collection of a California Lady; by descent within her family.

Other Notes: Millard Sheets was an American Scene painter, and a leading force behind the California Style watercolor movement. During World War II, Sheets was an artist–correspondent for Life Magazine. This experience deeply impacted his artistic style, as he favored heavy subject matters and dark tonal values in the years following the war. In contrast, his later watercolors, including the present work, relied on vibrant colors, loose flowing forms, and dynamic light distribution to bring to life scenes from the far–flung places he visited.

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