Auctions and classified at forsaleunlimited.com https://www.forsaleunlimited.com en_US <p>Believed to be Maritime Oil Painting By Florence Wilkins Furst.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif; color:#333333">Attributed to Florence Wilkins Furst (American 1885-1955) A HARBOUR SCENE, oil on canvas, fishing boats moored in a harbour, signed lower right<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif; color:#333333">Large Florence Wilkins Furst Original Oil Painting - Canvas New Old Stock, Came from a Gallery Clearance. Measures 24" high x 36" wide x 3/4" thick (mounted on 3/4" x 1 1/2" wood backing frame.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Florence Wilkins Furst was born in 1885 in Delavan, Wisconsin. She studied at Rockford College in llinois with George Oberteuffer, Ivan Olinsky, Violet Oakley, and Lucie Hartrath. She also studied in Paris.</span><br></p><p style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Furst was a member of the Chicago Art Club, the Rockford Art Association, the Studio Guild, the American Artists Professional League, and the National Arts Club, and she exhibited at the Chicago Art Club; Allied Artists of America; Century of Progress, Chicago, 1933; Society of Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida; New York Public Library; Springfield Illionis Museum of Art; and the 1939 World's Fair in New York.</span><br></p><p style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">She won awards at the All-Illinois Society of Fine Arts (gold); the Rockford Art Association in 1936</span></p> https://www.forsaleunlimited.com/category/_rt_W_rk/_rt_W_rk_-_il_Paintings/Maritime_Oil_Painting_Florence_Furst.htm 03 Jan 2024 10:59 +0000