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Everett Lewis Oxen in Winter
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Everett Lewis Oxen in Winter
Estimate:
CA$4,000 - CA$5,000
Sold
CA$4,250
Live Auction
Post-War Canadian Folk Art
ARTIST
Everett Lewis (1893-1979) was the husband of renowned folk artist Maud Lewis. Starting as a farm laborer and fish peddler, Everett married Maud Dowley in 1938. As Maud battled rheumatoid arthritis, rendering her unable to manage household chores, Everett took on these responsibilities and bought her first set of oil paints, fostering her artistic career. After Maud's passing, he pursued his own artistic path, creating maritime scenes, landscapes, and subjects distinct from Maud's, yet bearing his artistic touch. Everett's life met a tragic end during a burglary at their home in 1979.
Size
Board: 11.75" 17.5". Frame: 13" x 18.5".
Category
Folk Art
Description
Marshalltown, Nova Scotia. 1975. A charming painting by Everett Lewis (1893-1979), husband of Maud Lewis, showing two oxen with an attending young girl wearing a yellow sweater, blue skirt and pink stockings and holding a whip. Everett Lewis painted in the manner of his late wife Maud Lewis and this scene is reminiscent of the oxen pairs that she used to paint. Mr. Lewis does his best and, for the most part succeeds, in presenting the viewer with a naive scene of bygone days. Signed, "Everett Lewis" lower edge, middle. Dated, "1975" lower right. Includes signed letter of authenticity by Alan Deacon.
Condition
Very good.
Medium
Oil on board.
Provenance
From the James Ott Collection.
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