"A Corner of the Garden"
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Description
Here for your consideration is a beautifully painted post impressionist style original oil on canvas painting by the American artist Jan Parker. Signed lower right. Signed, titled and dated verso 1986. Condition is excellent. Wonderful gold leaf gallery frame with white linen liner. Overall framed measurements are 23 by 27 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida collector.
Jan Parker was born in 1941 in Southport Lancashire England, to an English father and a Danish mother. Jan began to draw caricatures of his family at age 4. He later graduated from Willesden school of art, London. In the early 1960's Jan was a cartoonist on a Copenhagen newspaper in Denmark. He returned to London and joined artist partners. The American film director Stanley Kubric invited Jan to create drawings and paintings on the set of his famous movie " 2001 A Space Odyssey " and became a collector of Jan's paintings. In 1980 Jan moved to New York where he painted along the Hudson River. The artist moved to Hawaii in 1985, for the next 27 years Jan held art shows in Tokyo Japan and later in Korea and China. His work is collected in museums and institutions in Asia, America and Europe. Jan Parker has many private collectors the world over. Jan Parker died in 2023. -
More Information
Documentation: Signed Origin: United States, Hawaii Period: 1980-1999 Materials: Oil paint on canvas Condition: Excellent Creation Date: 1986 Styles / Movements: Contemporary Incollect Reference #: 735411 -
Dimensions
W. 20 in; H. 16 in; D. 2.5 in; W. 50.8 cm; H. 40.64 cm; D. 6.35 cm;
Message from Seller:
Arthur T. Kalaher Fine Art, located in Southampton, NY, offers a curated selection of traditional and contemporary works, including pieces by the Peconic Bay Impressionists and the estate of Nahum Tschacbasov. For inquiries, contact 631.204.0383 or visit arthurkalaherfineart.com.
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