Lot 361: John Richardson East Tennessee Smoky Mountain W/C Landscape Painting

John Frederick Richardson (Tennessee/Illinois, 1906-1998) watercolor landscape painting depicting colorful foliage in East Tennessee’s Smoky Mountains, with a bright blue sky and white clouds above. Some passages of pencil underdrawing visible. Unsigned. Includes original tag with the following text:  “John F. Richardson Art Exhibit / Original paintings to benefit the Mack S. Prichard Foundation / For Tennessee Parks and Conservation / In Mack’s Tracks / Painting #: 6 / Price: $500.”  Sight: 21 1/4 in. H x 29 1/2 in. W. Framed: 28 3/4 in. H x 36 in.  Late 20th century.  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.  Not examined out of frame.