"Mennonite Quilting Bee" by Barbara Clark-Fleming

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CA$600 - CA$900

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Folk Art

ARTIST

Barbara Clark Fleming (born 1939) grew up on a farm near Hickson in southwestern Ontario, and traces her love of the farm animals, which dominate her paintings, to that childhood environment. With no formal art training, Clark-Fleming set out on the painting path in the late 1970s because she wanted to preserve an image of the home farm, stating “There were no pictures of the house and the barn and I didn't want to forget it. So, I decided to paint it.” She found success in her artistic career, with interest from art collectors and antique dealers sparking her popularity. Her paintings are included in many collections in Canada, the USA and Europe including the Museum of American Folk Art, New York.

Size

Sight: 11.75" x 15.25". Frame: 14.75" x 18.5" x 0.75".

Category

Paintings & Drawings

Description

Oxford County, Ontario. 2007. A warm social gathering of Mennonite women dressed in solid blues and blacks and making a traditional quilt sit around a simple table painted black against a bright green lawn. Children play in the foreground while in the background an unusual tree supports a line of brightly-painted washing. This naive work of art gives context to quilting bees, but also to Mennonite life in places like Oxford County, Ontario. Signed, "Barbara Clark Fleming" lower right corner. Signed, dated, and titled au verso.

Condition

Very good condition.

Medium

Acrylic on board, natural wood frame.

Provenance

Purchased directly from the artist and coming from the A. Podnieks Collection.

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