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Joe Bowler
The Tree Cutters - Children Playing on a Fallen Tree - Saturday Evening Post?

1963

$22,000
£16,680.19
€19,473.34
CA$31,457.85
A$31,942.87
CHF 18,234.70
MX$385,975.14
NOK 214,196.29
SEK 213,611.88
DKK 145,578.80

About the Item

This golden age of illustration work was most likely done for an interior story illustration for the Saturday Evening Post. Joe Bowler paints it in a loose but academically correct post-nabis style, The children are depicted having a great time and enjoying the innocence of youth while balancing on a fallen tree. Each figure is deftly rendered in a pose that captures their bodies in a moment of high drama. The prostrated tree acts as a balancing beam as five participants contort themselves to stand upright. In the background, two men on a bench engaged in a chat. A woman stands on an ornate porch. Presumably, they are related to the frolicking kids. Bowler is ingenious in the way he directs a simple but complex narrative in a fluid and expressive way. He infuses his luscious palette with a desaturated robins egg blue sky and unexpected mustard yellows and warm dreamy grays. Unframed. The original color of the painting may vary slightly from monitor to monitor. Best viewed under a direct top light to bring out color. A few nicks, scuffs, and dents are only visible on close inspection. Otherwise presents well
  • Creator:
    Joe Bowler (1928 - 2017, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1963
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 19.25 in (48.9 cm)Width: 28.5 in (72.39 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    A few nicks, scuffs, and dents only visible on close inspection. Otherwise presents well.
  • Gallery Location:
    Miami, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38538163912

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