Edgar Britton ART FOR SALE

1901 Kearney, Nebraska - 1982 Denver, Colorado. Known for: Mural and landscape painting, sculpture.

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Known primarily for his murals, Edgar Britton was also a painter in oil and watercolor and a sculptor in bronze. His work, with "simplified, weighty forms", (Kennedy 95) was obviously influenced by the social-realist style of the Mexican muralists including Diego Rivera, Jose Orozco, and David Siqueiros. Britton was born in Kearney, Nebraska and studied at the University of Iowa and with Grand Wood from 1920 to 1924. His reputation was established during the Depression years when he did numerous paintings and murals for the Federal Art Project including serving as Director from 1940 to 1941 of the mural division of the Illinois Art Project. His fresco work, completed for the Works Progress Administration, is in the Waterloo, Iowa Post... Read full biography

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Edgar Britton - Art for Sale (2 available)

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Untitled (Mountain Landscape with Snow) - Image 1 of 4

Untitled (Mountain Landscape with Snow) - Image 2 of 4

Untitled (Mountain Landscape with Snow)

Type:Painting

Year:1945

Size:12.50" x 16.00"

Medium:Gouache

Signed:Signed and Dated

Notes:

Gouache on paper. Presented in a vintage/original frame, outer dimensions measure 15 ½ x 19 ¼ x 1 ¼ inches. Image size is 12 ½ x 16 inches. Reference: 24731

Price: less than $5,000. Please contact David Cook Galleries

Bird #2

Type:Print

Year:circa 1949

Size:24.00" x 19.00"

Medium:Monoprint/Monotype

Signed:Lower Right

Notes:

Bird #2, monotype print on paper by Edgar Britton, pencil signed and titled lower margin. Presented in a custom black frame with 8-ply archival mat, UV 70 glass, outer dimensions measure 28 ¾ x 23 ¾ x 1 ¼ inches. Image size is 24 x 19 inches.

Price: less than $5,000. Please contact David Cook Galleries