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2023 Summer Fine Art & Antiques (Day 1)

Sat, Jul 8, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 405

Mary Ellen Hornsby Garrett O/C Landscape with Farmer

Estimate: $400 - $450
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Mary Ellen Hornsby Garret (American/Tennessee, 1869-1962) oil on canvas landscape painting depicting a farmer working in a field in the foreground and a large tree with dark foliage in the background, all under a cloudy blue sky, rendered with a textured impasto technique. Signed faintly lower right. Inscribed "Painted by Mary Ellen Hornsby Garret 'Mama Garrett' student of Lloyd Branson." Housed in a giltwood frame with blue frieze and a linen mat. Sight: 9" H x 9 1/2" W. Framed: 12 1/4" H x 12 3/4" W. Biography: Mary Ellen Hornsby was born in Kingston, TN in 1869 and died in Knoxville in 1962. Her parents were Angelina Matilda Wiley Hornsby and William Jackson Hornsby. Note: Included with this item is a scanned copy of a photograph of Mary (pictured upper left) with her fellow classmates around their teacher, Lloyd Branson (American/Tennessee, 1861-1925) which is featured in AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EAST TENNESSEE, published by the Children's Museum of Oak Ridge, 1981. Edited by Jim Stokely and Jeff E. Johnson.

Condition

Overall very good condition.

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From the collection of the artist's great-granddaughter.