Araceli Booth

Araceli Booth - Framed 20th Century Watercolour, Light Through The Trees

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A charmingly expressive watercolour captures a wild landscape of woodland trees. Unsigned. Acquired as part of a studio collection. Presented in a contemporary white frame. On paper.

Well presented in a simple gilt effect frame. Signed and dated in graphite to the lower left corner. Artist's label fixed to the reverse. On paper.

This captivating Modernist watercolor painting of a serene forest scene by Richard Sorby (1911-2001) beautifully captures the essence of nature through a minimalist and expressive lens. Painted in the 1940s, the piece features stylized trees in bold, dark hues of green, blue, and black, complemented by earthy tones of brown, orange, and white. The watercolor on paper is signed by the artist in the lower right corner and beautifully framed with archival materials. The outer dimensions of the piece measure 26 ½ x 18 ½ x 1 inches, with the image size itself being 22 ¾ x 14 ¾ inches. About the Artist: Richard Sorby, a Colorado-based artist, was renowned for his distinctive modernist style, blending abstraction with representational themes. Sorby earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Colorado State College of Education (now the University of Northern Colorado) in 1937 and went on to study under influential mentors, including Vance Kirkland and William Joseph Eastman...

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