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Enid Munroe
Enid Munroe Mid Century Modernist Oil Painting Still Life with Fruit and Bread

$3,000
£2,272.22
€2,609.57
CA$4,203.98
A$4,570.58
CHF 2,423.32
MX$54,789.61
NOK 30,799.21
SEK 28,216.26
DKK 19,503.22

About the Item

Genre: Modern Subject: Kitchen still life with pineapple, sourdough bread and lemons Medium: oil paint, done in a sgraffito, impasto somewhat brutalist technique Surface: board Country: United States Dimensions: 18 X 24 Being sold unframed Enid Munroe re-establishes the aesthetic worth of ordinary manufactured objects within the basic form language of Cubism. In her painting the artist uses trompe-l'oeil to render her composition, involving realistic imagery in order to create the optical illusion that the depicted objects exist in three dimensions. Enid Munroe is an artist and teacher who is well known regionally for her paintings, works on paper and Gold leaf, silver leaf, trompe l’oeil collage and assemblage series. She has been included in numerous invitational and juried exhibitions both nationally and regionally. Her works are in leading public, corporate and private collections including the Brooklyn Museum and the National Museum of American Art. Munroe cites painter Georgia O’Keeffe as one her influences and sources of inspiration. “Georgia O’Keeffe really helped lift the concept of women as artists,” stated Munroe. Munroe lived and worked in Mexico, Japan and Italy before settling in Connecticut. She is the author of An Artist in the Garden: A Guide to Creative and Natural Gardening (Henry Holt Co, 1994) and has been active in regional art events including the founding of the annual Pequot Library Art Show, Southport. She is a member of Westport Arts Center and a former trustee of Silvermine Guild. Enid Munroe is also Known as Enid H. Monroe and Enid Campbell Hughes.
  • Creator:
    Enid Munroe (1923, American)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)
  • Medium:
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  • Condition:
    unframed.
  • Gallery Location:
    Surfside, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38217213442

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