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Kenneth Nunamaker
House in Center Bridge

$67,500
£51,167.60
€59,675.12
CA$96,881.04
A$97,674.81
CHF 55,617.24
MX$1,187,278.32
NOK 656,534.67
SEK 654,649.90
DKK 446,064.48

About the Item

House in Center Bridge Oil on canvas, 22 x 24 inches (50.8 x 61 cm) Framed dimensions: 27 3/8 x 29 1/4 inches Signed lower left: K. Nunamaker Provenance The artist; Private collection, Pennsylvania; By descent in the family until 2023 Kenneth Nunamaker never took a formal art lesson. His “training” began during his travels out West as a young man, where he painted in his spare time. It continued informally throughout his career in commercial art, as he took sketching and painting excursions in the countryside. He said he acquired “the rudiments of design, form, color, and composition in the hard schools of commercial art studios.” But despite this experience the artist’s strongest artistic foundations came from a direct observation of nature. He often spoke of translating the landscape around him into shapes on the canvas. Nunamaker moved to Philadelphia and not long after bought a home along the Delaware River at Center Bridge. There he met Edward Redfield, a guiding force behind the New Hope School of painting, who painted nearby. Redfield mentored Nunamaker, meeting with him weekly and reviewing his work. Nunamaker also befriended Daniel Garber and several other artists affiliated with the New Hope School, and soon became a prominent member of the artists' community. Among this group and to most of the people who knew him Nunamaker was beloved. In House in Center Bridge the artist’s direct observation of nature is apparent in his mastery of light and shadow. The way he translates the shapes of nature onto the canvas creates a composition that is at once balanced and fluid. He builds the landscape with color and masterfully creates depth with little detail. House in Center Bridge also captures the magic of a familiar place. Important to the New Hope School was the desire to paint the bucolic landscape of Bucks County in a way that spoke to the artist’s intimate knowledge of the area. Nunamaker’s active engagement with the landscape is revealed not only in his choice of subject matter but also in the way he painted it.
  • Creator:
    Kenneth Nunamaker (1890 - 1957, American)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 22 in (55.88 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)
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  • Condition:
    Very good condition. The canvas is lined. There is a tear, which is imperceptible to the naked eye and the area of inpaint visible under UV light is about 2 ½ inches long by ½ inch wide.
  • Gallery Location:
    Bryn Mawr, PA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2773217078182

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