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"Last of the Chores" by Barbara Clark-Fleming
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"Last of the Chores" by Barbara Clark-Fleming
Estimate:
CA$600 - CA$900
Sold
CA$475
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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: 11.25" x 15.5". Frame: 14.5" x 18.25" x 0.5".
Category
Paintings & Drawings
Description
Oxford County, Ontario. 1990. An orange sunset is an apt background to this painting giving it a sense of end-of-the-day chores. Three white cats in the foreground follow the farmer dressed all in blue and holding the hand of a young blonde-haired girl clad in yellow and white as they make their way to the farmhouse. The colours are vibrant against a natural wooden frame. Signed, "Barbara Clark Fleming", lower right. Titled, "Last of the Chores". Signed and dated "1990", on back.
Condition
Very good condition.
Medium
Acrylic on board.
Provenance
From the Manny Gomes Collection.
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