A.D. Greer (1904-1998), Cow in the Cactus, 1986, oil
A.D. Greer (1904-1998), Cow in the Cactus, 1986, oil on canvas, 14 x 11", frame: 23.5 x 20.75"
An artist, poet, lecturer, and illustrator, A.D. Greer became a legend among Texas landscape painters because of his popularity and the high-dollar values of his luminist, romantic paintings. Greer was born in Oklahoma Territory and in 1907 was taken to Hutchinson, Kansas where he grew up on a farm. He studied at St. Johns Academy in Salina, Kansas. He worked as a logger in the Colorado Rockies--which provided him opportunity to explore mountain ranges and other landscapes that became subjects of his paintings. He was a member of the Guild of Freelance Artists in New York.
Condition Report: Good; minor scratch in varnish at center left, approx. 3" long; recently cleaned
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A.D. Greer (1904-1998), Cow in the Cactus, 1986, oil on canvas, 14 x 11", frame: 23.5 x 20.75"
An artist, poet, lecturer, and illustrator, A.D. Greer became a legend among Texas landscape painters because of his popularity and the high-dollar values of his luminist, romantic paintings. Greer was born in Oklahoma Territory and in 1907 was taken to Hutchinson, Kansas where he grew up on a farm. He studied at St. Johns Academy in Salina, Kansas. He worked as a logger in the Colorado Rockies--which provided him opportunity to explore mountain ranges and other landscapes that became subjects of his paintings. He was a member of the Guild of Freelance Artists in New York.
Condition Report: Good; minor scratch in varnish at center left, approx. 3" long; recently cleaned
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