ARTIST: John E Huszer (Rhode Island, 1912 - 1983)
TITLE: Abstract Composition
YEAR: 1963
MEDIUM: oil on board
CONDITION: Some paint losses (see pictures carefully). Some craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light.
ART SIZE: 17 x 15 inches / 43 x 38 cm
MAT SIZE: 22 x 21 inches / 55 x 53 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
NOTE: has artist's estate stamp on verso
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
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BIOGRAPHY:
After studying at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League of New York, John Huszer (1912-1983) moved to Rhode Island to live, teach, and create. He was known as an independent and reclusive artist, spending years dividing his time between a tiny island in Wickford Harbor and teaching from downtown Wickford. A man of small means, Huszer painted on newsprint because it was readily available; In fact, the whole reason the Wickford Art Festival came to be is because he took to selling his paintings on the streets of Wickford in the 1950's. Little did he know his business technique would become be wildly popular!John's selling success inspired other local artists to bring their work to the street, and in 1962 the Wickford Art Association officially established the Wickford Art Festival, which draws dozens of artists and hundreds of attendees to Wilson Park in Wickford every year. While he was a private man and didn't intend it, John Huszer thus became known as the "Father" of the annual event.