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"Mangbetu Coming to Market, " Large Art Deco Master Painting by Paul Travis
$19,500
£14,727.71
€17,012.79
CA$27,472.72
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CHF 15,817.76
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About the Item
In an era when fine art and natural history museums commissioned artists to travel the world to draw, paint and sculpt the native cultures they saw, Paul Travis' travels to Africa were among the most consequential. Travis was asked by the Karamu House settlement and other local African-American organizations and individuals in Cleveland to travel the continent. He produced a prolific array of drawings, watercolors and oil paintings of the Mangbetu in the Congo and people from other areas, including this example, one of his best. Here he shows a group of tribespeople bringing fruit and animals to market, the pumpkins, exotic fruit, and brilliantly-plumaged birds contrasting with the deep skin tones of the people, which give rich tones and colors to this painting. We consider this to be one of Travis' masterpieces. The medium is oil paint on board; dimensions include the frame.
- Creator:Paul Travis (Painter)
- Dimensions:Height: 62 in (157.48 cm)Width: 42.5 in (107.95 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
- Style:Art Deco (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:Late 1920s
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- Seller Location:Philadelphia, PA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU86518845203
Paul Travis
Paul Travis served in the Army in World War I, and remained in Europe for several years where he taught art at American universities in Europe. In 1920, he returned to Ohio to teach at the Cleveland School, renamed in 1940 the Cleveland Institute of Art. He also taught at Western Reserve University beginning 1956. In 1927, he traveled extensively in Africa and used that subject matter for many years in his painting. Memberships included the American Society for Aesthetics; Cleveland Society for Aesthetics, which in 1946 he served as President; Cleveland Museum of Modern Art; and the Archaeological Institute America. Exhibition venues were: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1920-1958; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Brooklyn Museum; Museum of Modern Art; Art Institute of Chicago; Golden Gate Exposition, 1939; Carnegie Institute; Corcoran Gallery Biennials; Pasadena Art Institute, 1946; Butler Art Institute, 1936-1958; Ohio Watercolor Society, and Cleveland Art Association. Source: Peter Hastings Falk, Editor, Who Was Who in American Art
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