R. Freeman Worthley (American, 1904-1978)

Still life with fruit, 1950. Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right corner, unframed.

24" x 20"

Worthley received a B.A. degree from the Jepson Art Institute, and an M.F.A. from the Otis Art Institute. He is most closely associated with California and the Conejo Valley and Thousand Oaks area. A California modernist, he specialized in etchings, serigraphs and paintings, and his work is included in number public collections, including the Library of Congress, the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of Arts, and the St. Louis Museum of Art. He was married to another artist, Ginger Osgood Worthley, 1918-2000.

Condition: Some scuffs and abrasions around the perimeter, some craquelure, minor flaking to paint lower center.