Attributed to Paul Forster (American, 1925-2012). Market Day. Oil on board. A delightful painting depicting an everyday scene of 3 Native American women in an indigenous market as they appear to observe shopping tourists examine their goods. The women are dressed vibrantly in brilliant hues of hot pink, lime green, and marigold, not only complementing to their long black hair, but contrasting the neutral tones of the background as well as the comparatively plain-dressed shoppers who browse their wares. Size: 24" W x 36" H (61 cm x 91.4 cm)

This painting has been attributed to Paul Forster due to its similarity in style and subject matter to Forster's artworks, as well as the fact that it is currently owned by a prominent collector of Paul Forster's work. At the age eight, Paul Forster became the youngest member of the Albright Art Gallery Association in Buffalo, New York and also started studying at the Museum School with watercolorist Robert Blair. During World War II, Forster served in the Army Air Corps, and in 1952, he graduated from Brigham Young University with a Fine Arts Degree. In the late 1950s, Forster had a studio in Nevada painted murals for the Mormon Church. In the early 1960s, he taught art and became Chairman of the Art Department of the L.D.S. Schools of the South Pacific in Tonga. In 1969 he left Brigham Young University to paint full time. For the greater part of the next decade, Forster traveled throughout the American Southwest in an Airstream trailer to paint. In time, he moved to Oregon followed by Kansas City, but eventually returned to Arizona.

Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010

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#173790

Label on verso reads "Market Day" with some additional indecipherable text. Some minor chipping to outer edges of peripheries that does not affect image. Otherwise, painting is in overall excellent condition.