AMERICAN WEST Framed Oil ~ TAOS PUEBLO VIEW ~ c.1950s Signed LISTED ARTIST

Description: Outstanding subject matter, an oil painting by noted American Western artist Burt Procter (1901-1980). The painting depicts a view of the Taos Pueblo, with a number of Native American figures in front, the structure backed by the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, big sky above. The pueblo was continuously inhabited for over 1000 years and is now a World Heritage site administrated by the National Park Service. For comparison, the last photo of the gallery shows a present day photographic view of the pueblo from a slightly different angle. The work is signed in the lower right and measures 16 x 20 inches, it is 20 3/4 x 24 3/4 inches including the frame. It is an oil on canvas board rendered with a palette knife technique, the frame is most likely the original, but does not do the painting justice. Frame shows wear commensurate with age, the painting is in excellent condition. Burt Procter (1901-1980) was an American painter who specialized in depictions of horses, Western views and portraits of Native Americans. Born in Gloucester, Procter was infatuated with the Wild West and began drawing horses, cowboys and Indians as a small child. His family moved to Oak Park, IL in 1908 and he began his art studies at the Art Institute of Chicago. At age 17 he went west to the Little Big Horn basin in Wyoming. He studied mining engineering at Stanford University and then worked for the Federal Government at the Grand Canyon. After his move to Pasadena in 1920, he worked as a commercial artist and further studied at Chouinard and Otis Art Institutes under Chamberlin and Lawrence Murphy. He studied art with Harvey Dunn and Pruett Carter after moving to New York in the late 1920s. Procter was an art director there for an advertising agency for five years. In the 1930s he worked as a mining engineer throughout the West while in his leisure painting desert and western scenes. In 1938 Procter married and settled in southern California. Summers were spent in Corona del Mar and winters in Palm Springs until his death on July 2, 1980. Memberships: Palm Springs Art Association; Laguna Beach Art Association Exhibitions: Pasadena Society of Artists, 1937; Nicholson Gallery (LA), 1937; Pasadena Arts & Crafts, 1941; Bernay Gallery (LA), 1941, 1945; Tuesday Afternoon Club (Glendale), 1942; Stevor Gallery (Pasadena), 1947; Glendale Public Library, 1948; South Laguna Gallery, 1948; Allied AA (Palm Springs), 1949; Studio Gallery (Corona del Mar), 1949; White's Art Store (Montrose), 1950; Festival of Arts (Laguna Beach), 1951-61; Nat'l Academy of Western Art, 1973; Southwest Museum (LA), 1974 (solo).

Price: 3500 USD

Location: Brooksville, Florida

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