Lot 142: Large Arthur Musgrave New England Garden Landscape, Cape Cod

Arthur Franklyn Musgrave (Massachusetts, 1878-1969) oil on panel impressionistic painting of a sun-dappled garden filled with colorful flowers, before a large house partially obscured by branches and leaves, with a stone walkway at left. Signed lower right. With unfinished composition en verso. Unframed. 35 3/4" H x 38 1/4" W. Note: This painting depicts the artist's summer cottage and gardens on Longnook Road, Truro, Massachusetts, in the Outer Cape region of Cape Cod. The artist depicted these gardens on a number of occasions. This painting was removed from the artist's studio when the property was incorporated into the Cape Cod National Seashore. Biographical note: Arthur Franklyn Musgrave was a landscape and wildlife painter. He studied at the Newlyn School of Art in Cornwall under Stanhope Forbes and exhibited at the Society of Washington Artists, 1932; the Royal Academy London; and the Corcoran Gallery Biennial,1928, among other places.

CONDITION: Excellent condition.