LEWIS WOODS TEEL OIL PAINTING DAVIS MTS BIG BEND TEXAS

Lewis Woods Teel
American, 1883 - 1960
Summer Landscape with Clouds Poss. Davis Mountains or Big Bend, Texas
Signed: Lewis Teel (ll)
Oil on Canvas
18 x 24 inches (artwork)



Condition report: 97% original surface paint. 3% in-paint. Minor crazing throughout most notably to sky area. Dirt & Grime.

COMPARABLE #1: For a similar quality example see: Dallas Fine Art Auction, 1/29/11; Lot: 123 with a presale estimate of $8,000 ? 12,000 USD ? SOLD: $8,365 USD
COMPARABLE #2: For a similar quality example see: Heritage Auctions, 5/19/07; Lot: 36447 with a presale estimate of $2,000 ? 4,000 USD ? SOLD: $5,975.00 USD
COMPARABLE #3: For a similar quality example see: Vogt Galleries Texas, 8/21/16; Lot: 10 with a presale estimate of $2,500 ? 4,000 USD ? SOLD: $3,390.00 USD

Lot Note(s): Housed in its original circa 1920-1930?s hand carved Arts & Crafts gilt wooden ?California Style? frame.

PROVENANCE:
Acquired directly from the Artist in 1935 by the previous owner's family and thence by descent.

ARTIST BIO:
Born in Clarksville, Texas Lewis Woods Teel was a commercial artist who became a self-taught landscape and pastel portrait painter. The specialty for which he is known is realistic, atmospheric desert landscapes.

He was the son of a pioneer Texas family and was raised in El Paso and then lived for two years in Detroit, Michigan where he worked in an auto plant. After this job, he spent several years traveling and studying paintings in museums.

He returned to El Paso where he made a living from 1916 drawing pastel portraits and designing magazine covers, but on the advice of Joseph Henry Sharp, painter from Taos, New Mexico, he took up desert landscapes as his main subject in 1927. He also operated the 'Desert Shop,' a gallery for local artists.

He painted in southern Arizona in the late 1920s and 1930s including one lengthy trip in 1927. In 1928, he participated in the famous Texas Wildflower Exhibit in San Antonio, and his work can be found in the McKee Foundation in El Paso, Texas.

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