Henry Koehler (NY,1927-2018) oil painting

ARTIST: Henry Koehler (New York, 1927 - 2018)
TITLE: Garden Guardian (titled on label)
YEAR: 2003
MEDIUM: oil on paper
CONDITION: Very good. Framed under the glass. Normal wear to frame.
ART SIZE: 11 x 8 inches / 27 x 20 cm
FRAME SIZE: 17 x 14 inches / 43 x 35 cm
SIGNATURE: lower left
NOTE: has artist's label on verso
PROVENANCE: Rafael Valls Gallery (has label on verso)
ATTENTION: This lot is located at our Mamaroneck, NY office.
NAME VARIANTS: Henry Kohler
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
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BIOGRAPHY:
A sporting artist who lives in Southampton, New York, Henry Koehler was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He graduated from Yale University, and shortly after that had illustrations published by The New Yorker, Town and Country, and Sports Illustrated. His first exhibition was in 1961, and since then he has exhibited in over 60 venues in London, Paris, Dublin, Johannesburg and the United States. His works are in the collections of the National Racing Museum in Saratoga and the National Horse Racing Museum in Newmarket.He has painted several commission portraits of well-known thoroughbreds but prefers genre pieces depicting horse-racing, polo games, and hunting in the field with horses. He also does studies of jockey figures before and after their race; sensitive studies of jockeys before and after racing. An July-October 2003 exhibition, Elegant Impressions of Turf and Field, was held at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Saratoga Springs.