**Originally Listed At $600**
Paul Forster (American, 1925-2012). "A Time Enjoyed" oil on board, n.d. Hand-signed with title on verso. A stunning painting of a village street lined with Spanish Colonial architecture as townspeople carry on their day's activities beside the facade of a magnificent cathedral. Lofty white clouds float in an azure blue sky which contrasts with the warm earthtones of the street and its edifices dotted by the vibrant hues of the townspeoples' clothing. Forster renders the scene with remarkable detail, highlighting the castellated wall of the churchyard, the figural images of the posters, the spiraling forms of the streetlights, the projecting buttresses of the buildings, and the towering, triumphal crosses that surmount each roof and pierce the tranquil sky. Size of painting: 35.25" W x 29.5" H (89.5 cm x 74.9 cm) Size of frame: 40.1" W x 34.5" H (101.9 cm x 87.6 cm)
At the age eight, Paul Forster became the youngest member of the Albright Art Gallery Association in Buffalo, New York and started studying at the Museum School with watercolorist Robert Blair. During World War II, Forster served in the Army Air Corps, and in 1952, he graduated from Brigham Young University with a Fine Arts Degree. In the late 1950s, Forster had a studio in Nevada and painted murals for the Mormon Church. In the early 1960s, he taught art and became Chairman of the Art Department of the L.D.S. Schools of the South Pacific in Tonga. In 1969, he left Brigham Young University to pursue his art full time. For the greater part of the next decade, Forster traveled throughout the American Southwest in an Airstream trailer to paint the environment and its inhabitants. In time, he moved to Oregon followed by Kansas City, but eventually returned to Arizona.
Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010
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#175923
Condition
Hand-signed with title on verso. Set in custom frame with suspension wire. A few areas of touch up to frame and painting - expertly executed. Otherwise in very nice overall condition.