William Joseph "Bill" Freeman (American, 1927-2012), oil on canvas, ca. mid 20th century CE. Signed at lower left. A dramatic running river winds along in its sinuous path, coursing left and right with boulders and blasted tree trunks to either side. Freeman's painting really zooms in on the landscape which is at once beautiful and powerfully sublime. His style demonstrates influences of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism achieved via a sophisticated use of palette knife and brush. The painting is set in a beautiful wooden frame and ready to hang. Size: 23.5" W x 19.5" H (59.7 cm x 49.5 cm); (frame): 31.625" W x 27.7" H (80.3 cm x 70.4 cm)

Bill Freeman grew up in West Texas on a farm just outside of El Paso. Interestingly, he worked as a horse wrangler, fought forest fires for the U.S. Forest Service, and was a field researcher and guide for the Arizona Game and Fish Department for twelve years in Arizona, Wyoming, and New Mexico prior to becoming an artist. It was not until the age of thirty that Freeman decided to become an artist specializing in Western landscapes. Today he is considered a pioneer of Western art centered on such storied locales as Scottsdale, Arizona and Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Provenance: private Glorieta, New Mexico, USA collection

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#154152

Minor abrasions to painted canvas with light foxing to canvas on verso, otherwise intact and excellent. Wonderful coloration across obverse. Frame has minor inactive insect damage as well as a few nicks and abrasions.