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Philip Perkins (American/Tennessee, 1907-1970) oil on canvas abstract painting featuring swaths of red, orange and white on a variegated blue/green/gray background. Signed “Perkins” lower right and dated 1963. Numbered #1535 en verso. Simple black and gold box frame. Sight: 16 1/2 in H x 12 1/2 in W. Frame: 17 1/2 in H x 13 1/2 in W. Biographical Note: Philip Perkins received critical acclaim for his geometric, cubist influenced work of the 1940s and his abstract expressionism in the 1950s. He was born in Waverly, Tennessee and studied at Vanderbilt University and the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1932 he moved to Paris, France, where he studied under Jean Marchaud, Louis Marcoussis, and Fernand Leger. In 1934 he exhibited at the Salon D’Automne and the Salon de Tuileries. In 1940 he moved to New York City and in 1947 participated in the International Surrealist Exhibition. He spent seven years teaching art at the University of Tennessee in Nashville (1948-1955) but went back to Europe for several more years before returning to Nashville in 1961.
PROVENANCE: By descent from the estate of Eugenia Moore, Nashville. Mrs. Moore was a longtime arts supporter in Nashville and a close friend and early patron of Philip Perkins.
CONDITION: Canvas has been laid to board, with some slight wear/fraying at edges. Otherwise excellent condition. Some minor wear to frame.
