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David Ellinger
Tobacco Barn, Folk Art Landscape with Figure and Farm Animal, Pennsylvania Dutch

$12,600List Price

About the Item

"Tobacco Barn" is an oil on canvas landscape painting by Pennsylvania Dutch folk artist and antique dealer, David Ellinger (American, 1913 - 2003). The 34" x 49" painting of an Amish farmer working in his yellow tobacco farm is signed "D Ellinger" on the front lower left as well as signed and titled on verso. The painting is framed in a black handcrafted wooden frame. Ellinger was born in Philadelphia. His mother died when he was five years old and he did not get along with his new stepmother. This strained relationship caused him to run away to the country before he was even a teenager. Mary Law, a farmwoman in Gratersford, took him in and encouraged his artistic talent. After successfully graduating from High School, Ellinger continued to work as a farmhand and painted in his free time. He tried his hand at acting, and for a while, was a female impersonator, calling himself Una Hale, even joining a traveling troupe. Ellinger continued to paint, and, in time, he was asked to paint for a New York gallery. But because he wanted to paint whenever he felt like it, he did not accept commissions. In the 1930's, he worked as an artist for the WPA, Illustrating pottery for the Index of American Design. Ellinger will be remembered as a prolific painter in the Pennsylvania Dutch style. His paintings and theorems are owned by numerous museums, including the Whitney Museum of American Art and the American Folk Art Museum in New York City. He made his living as an antique dealer and sold his paintings to pay for what he needed to paint. Ellinger had 21 one-man shows during his career, including a retrospective at the Berman Museum un Pennsylvania in 1992. He was inspired by Pennsylvania German fraktur and is known for his charming theorems and painted scenes of farm life, school yards, and quilting bees. He studied at the Barnes Foundation and was a personal friend of Alfred Barnes, who owned quite a few of Ellinger's paintings. David Y. Ellinger often painted on velvet and cloth as well as on standard artists' canvas and panel. Ellinger died of heart failure on March 24, 2003 at 89 years of age. Provenance and exhibition history: Estate of the Artist; Private collection, Medical Institution, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania; Gratz Gallery Conservation Studio. Exhibited at Arcadia University: Out of the Heart: The Art and Life of David Ellinger, 2022.

Creator:
David Ellinger (1913 - 2003)
Dimensions:
Height: 41.25 in (104.78 cm)Width: 56 in (142.24 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
Medium:
Canvas,Oil
Movement Style:
Folk Art
Period:
20th Century
Condition:
The painting has been cleaned and varnished. Additional shipping options are available upon request.
Gallery Location:
Doylestown, PA
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU140226719082

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