Howard D Becker (1914-1995)
Signed Original Oil Painting Impressionism Landscape
"WILD WEST HORSES"
- Description: This is the original oil painting on canvas. Shows a scene of a horse farm in South West, US.
- Signed and dated by the artist "H.D. BECKER 1951" at the lower right edge. The original title "Wild West Horses" and estate inventory number are inscribed on the reverse.
- Dimensions of the framed painting are 21" (height) x 26" (width); unframed - 16" x 20"
- Provenance: Estate auction of Howard D. Becker (1914-1995) in 1995. Authenticity guaranteed.
Certificate of Authenticity with the address of the estate auction and a signature of the purchaser in 1995, as well as a document with the artist's biographical details will be included with this work.
- Condition: Pristine condition, ready to hang, framed in a plein-air gallery frame.
- Biography: Howard Daniel Becker (1914-1995) was born January 21 1914 in Albany, New York. attended area schools, drawing since he could hold a pencil. He graduated Pratt Institute of Art in Brooklyn, NY, with highest honors in 1935. Between 1941 and 1945 he served in the US Army, becoming an official artist to record the war in watercolor, producing hundreds of watercolor sketches of US Army forces and civilian life. Several pieces were retained by the Historical Properties Section in Washington, DC.
After the war he established a studio in Palm Beach, Florida and later Taos, New Mexico, living in Taos art colony and Santa Fe, traveling to Arizona and California, were he spent almost nine years, painting and holding exhibits.
In 1954 Howard moved to Honesdale, PA, which became his home, where he lived a half of his life. Until his passing at the age 81, he learned every road of Wayne County, Pennsylvania, painting plain-air old farms and village scenes, country churches, covered bridges, capturing historical scenes. He spent his life using his talent of art to make the world more beautiful. With his perceptive eyes, he captured the hues and shades in any landscape or portrait that inspired him.
His art style changed appreciably, from realism to impressionism; he used watercolor and pastel but favored oil.
Howard became famous, painting plain-air along the road side with his portable easel and paint box. He painted practically every day. Today we may enjoy his legacy and capture a mental picture of the artist who painted with all his heart.
In 1954 Howard moved to Honesdale, PA, which became his home, where he lived a half of his life. Until his passing at the age 81, he learned every road of Wayne County, Pennsylvania, painting plain-air old farms and village scenes, country churches, covered bridges, capturing historical scenes. He spent his life using his talent of art to make the world more beautiful. With his perceptive eyes, he captured the hues and shades in any landscape or portrait that inspired him.
His art style changed appreciably, from realism to impressionism; he used watercolor and pastel but favored oil.
Howard became famous, painting plain-air along the road side with his portable easel and paint box. He painted practically every day. Today we may enjoy his legacy and capture a mental picture of the artist who painted with all his heart.
H.D. Becker's paintings are highly collectible and kept in museums and many privet collections.
- Examples of H.D. Becker's paintings sold at Auction Houses:
1. Title: "Canyon Cliff in the desert". Oil/Canvas. Signed. Lot: 82. Size: 16" x 20" Created: 1951. Auction House: Philips, de Pury & Company. Sales Price $3,450. 05/23/2003.
2. Title: Brown Covered Bridge. Oil/Board. Signed. Lot: 112. Size: 12" x 16". Created: not given. Auction House: Young Fine Arts Gallery Inc. Sales Price: $1,900. 09/26/1998
- Book References for H.D Becker:
Author:Becker, Peter W. Title: "Artistic Vision of an American Painter." #pages: 18. Color: yes.
- Exhibitions:
Architecture in the State Landscape" exhibition presented by the Governor and Mrs. Edward G. Rendell in their Residence (Harrisburg , Pennsylvania)in 2005 and many others. Howard Becker showed his pictorial vision as mature and a great master of landscapes of Pennsylvania.
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