Attributed to Robert Sudlow, it does not have a COA. Medium: oil canvas. 25 x 19 inches. The painting has 2 restorations, please refer to photos for more details. Provenance: private owner.
Biography: 1920 - 2010. Born in Holton, Kansas on Feb. 25, 1920, Robert Sudlow was a teacher and painter who specialized in Kansas landscapes. He earned a BFA from the University of Kansas, Lawrence in 1942, studying with Albert Bloch, Raymond Eastwood, and Karl Mattern.From 1942 to 1945, he served as a Navy pilot. He joined the faculty at the University of Kansas, Lawrence in 1946, and began spending his summers in the Santa Cruz Mountains in California. He enrolled in the summer Fine Arts program at the University of California, Berkeley in 1951 and then took a sabbatical in 1951-53 to study in France and receive instruction at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere and the Academie Andre L'Hote in Paris.In 1956, he earned an MFA from the California College of Arts & Crafts studying with Richard Diebenkorn. In 1974 he was named First Kansas Governor's Artist.Robert Sudlow retired from the University of Kansas in 1987.

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