Paul Forster (American, 1925-2012). "Autumn Walk" oil on canvas, n.d. Artist's signature on lower left. A picturesque painting by Paul Forster depicting an autumnal landscape with a central walking path between groves of tall deciduous trees with golden leafy canopies, rolling hills in the distance, and a cool azure blue sky above. All is delineated with Forster's signature loose impressionistic brushstrokes as well as his keen eye for light and color. A tranquil landscape painting presenting dazzling fall foliage ideal for leaf peeping strolls in the countryside. Size: 25.875" L x 34.875" W (65.7 cm x 88.6 cm)

At the age eight, Paul Forster became the youngest member of the Albright Art Gallery Association in Buffalo, New York and 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 and 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 pursue his art full time. For the greater part of the next decade, Forster traveled throughout the American Southwest in an Airstream trailer to paint the environment and its inhabitants. 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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"Art on the Western Edge" exhibition label with title and medium as well as inventory label with title on verso. Painting has a few minor scuffs, most at the peripheries. Otherwise very good overall condition.