Lot 334: John Richardson Tennessee Fall Landscape W/C Painting, Cumberland Plateau

John Frederick Richardson (Tennessee/Illinois, 1906-1998) watercolor landscape painting that depicts colorful autumn foliage on Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau, with a bright blue sky above. Some passages of pencil underdrawing visible. Unsigned. Housed under glass in a black metal frame with white mat. Sight: 21 1/4 in. H x 29 1/2 in. W. Framed: 28 3/4 in. H x 36 in W. Biographical note: “Preferring watercolor to oil, John Richardson had a long career painting landscapes in many styles and mediums and in many places from Tennessee to Arizona to Washington State. He lived in Tennessee and Illinois. He studied at Vanderbilt University, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the University of Chicago. Exhibition venues included the Pennsylvania Academy, Art Institute of Chicago and Vanderbilt University. Richardson taught at Watkins Institute in Nashville from 1938 to 1942 and from 1949 to 1969 at the University of Illinois in Chicago Circle.” (Source: Peter Falk, “Who Was Who in American Art”)

PROVENANCE:

By descent through the family of the artist.

CONDITION:

Overall very good condition. Tan pigment to cloud at upper left is possibly inherent. Not examined out of frame.