Charles Kermit "Buck" Ewing (Tennessee, 1910-1976) expressionist oil on canvas painting depicting a landscape with a range of blue mountains in the background appearing to nearly merge with a turbulent sky. Signed "Ewing" lower left. Frame, Knoxville TN label en verso. Housed in a giltwood frame with an off white linen liner. Sight: 17 1/2" H x 23 1/2" W. Framed: 22 1/2" H x 28 1/2" W. Biography: Painter Charles Ewing was the founder of the "Knoxville Seven" group of abstract expressionist artists, as well as a teacher and lithographer. Born in Pennsylvania, he studied at Carnegie Mellon University, Harvard, and at the University of Iowa with Jean Charlot. He was a member of art associations in Pittsburgh, Atlanta and New Rochelle, and in 1938, exhibited at the National Academy of Design. He served as art consultant for the Tennessee Valley Authority and, from 1948 until his retirement, was head of the art department at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. (Source: The Knoxville Museum of Art, Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art").

CONDITION: Overall very good condition. Frame and liner with areas of staining, frame with scuffs to top left.