Jonathan Bastian (American, 20th century). Oil on board and painted frame, 1989. Signed and dated at lower right. Signed on verso of frame as well. A fascinating painting of a couple on their wedding day and/or night, the bride and groom standing on a green hill beneath a starry night sky, though both a crescent moon and a fiery sun are visible above. Bastian's folk art style comes through in the wooden poses of the bride and groom and the charmingly naive rendering of the outdoor setting. In addition to this scene, Bastian also painted the frame with red garland motifs punctuated by blue dots and a surprising miniature devil's head at each corner. Size (painting): 18.3" L x 10.25" W (46.5 cm x 26 cm) Size (frame): 21" L x 13" W (53.3 cm x 33 cm)

Autodidact outsider artist Jonathan Bastian has been creating folk art paintings and wood carvings inspired by his Pennsylvania Dutch heritage for three decades. Originally from the Palatinate area of Germany, his ancestors emigrated to the US, landing in New York prior to settling in the Kutztown and Trexlertown area of Pennsylvania. Bastian grew up spending hours and hours in his father's woodworking shop, and his grandmother - Mary Kohler Christman - was a folk artist.

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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#173782

Signed and dated at lower right. Signed on verso of frame as well. Painted composition is in excellent condition. A few minor scuffs to the painted frame. Fitted with suspension wire and ready to display.