Woman, Baby and Hound
"12 x 14 cms
Oil on oak panel backed with linen
Artist: E. Betts, dated 1800."
We bought this little painting at auction several years ago for $100. The artist is unknown. The more famous 20th century American watercolourist, Edward Howard Betts (1920-2008) is certainly not him. It was suggested to us it was a Scottish painting, and there is a tradition of the woman, hound and baby in Welsh folklore. No doubt it is a genuine painting from the era as no forger would bother with an unknown artist.
But its relatively naïve style suggested to me the possibility that it may in fact be part of the American folk painting tradition of the era. So perhaps it is an American painting after all.
www.worcesterart.org/exhibitions/american-folk-art-loving...
One thing is certain, it was not painted in Australia.
Woman, Baby and Hound
"12 x 14 cms
Oil on oak panel backed with linen
Artist: E. Betts, dated 1800."
We bought this little painting at auction several years ago for $100. The artist is unknown. The more famous 20th century American watercolourist, Edward Howard Betts (1920-2008) is certainly not him. It was suggested to us it was a Scottish painting, and there is a tradition of the woman, hound and baby in Welsh folklore. No doubt it is a genuine painting from the era as no forger would bother with an unknown artist.
But its relatively naïve style suggested to me the possibility that it may in fact be part of the American folk painting tradition of the era. So perhaps it is an American painting after all.
www.worcesterart.org/exhibitions/american-folk-art-loving...
One thing is certain, it was not painted in Australia.