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Xavier Ironside (Tennessee, 1936-2011) watercolor landscape painting that depicts a dilapidated barn in a winter landscape with leafless trees and a distant mountain range. Signed and dated to the lower right. Floated under glass in a rusticated wood frame with white mat and blue mount. Sheet: 17 in. H x 22 in. W. Framed: 27 in. H x 32 in. W. 1968. Biographical Note: Xavier Ironside was born in England. When he was four years old, his mother was killed in a German bombing of the hospital where she worked as a nurse, and Ironside”s uncle brought him to Knoxville, TN. He went back to England for a while to study at the Royal Academy of Art but ultimately settled in Knoxville to work as an artist and raise a family. His work gained national attention when Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee gave an interview to Esquire Magazine mentioning Ironside”s work. (Source: Betsey Creekmore, University of Tennessee).
PROVENANCE: Collection of Sen. Howard Baker
CONDITION: Overall very good condition, not examined out of frame.
