Vintage Oil Painting Martha's Vineyard Menemsha Harbor Lobster Shack & Boat
This is a beautiful impressionistic vintage oil on artist board painting depicting an ocean harbor lobster shack on Martha's Vineyard off of the coast of Massachusetts - on the reverse of the painting is written the word "Menemsha" which is a small harbor on the west end of Martha's Vineyard known for its artistic culture as well as its "laid-back" atmosphere - we know that the artist, Janet Reid (1894 - 1988), spent some time painting marine scenes from Martha's Vineyard up the Massachusetts coast to Gloucester & Rockport - certainly, she found Menemsha Harbor to be an excellent place to find subjects to paint. This very well-executed impressionistic marine painting was probably done by the artist during the 1950's - 1960's period although it is not dated by her signature in the lower right corner - the painting shows a very weather-beaten lobster shack in the foreground situated on an aged short wooden pier with a fishing sailboat tied up to the pier with its sails furled - to the left of the lobster shack is a large growth of ferns & other grasses which were very well done by the artist using a palette of diverse subtle shades of green - to the far left foreground one sees a short hill of sand which the artist created using a variety of muted brown & gray colors. The lobster shack & pier, were painted by the very talented artist using a diverse palette of browns, grays & blacks in her impressionistic style to depict a very weather-beaten & aged shack which appears to be leaning somewhat down towards the surface of the water - in the background, one sees more fishing shacks at the far end of the harbor cove which were well done in their smaller dimensions to create a sense of distance & space in the painting - the various shades of gray & white also help to create a sense of distance of the surface of the water - one senses in this picture that this scene took place on a somewhat dark summer day considering that the sky was done with dark white & gray colors with no blue to be seen.
The painting was done on a type of artist board & is in very good conserved condition - one can see that professional conservation was done on the reverse of the painting where one sees a rectangular structure made of pine strips to strengthen the artist board - one can also see that the surface of the painting has been re-varnished to protect the painted surface as well as to make the artist's original palette of colors stand out to the viewer - the painting measures 18" x 15" sight size, & is in excellent condition - the work is greatly enhanced by its silver over black painted wooden frame which has been "aged" on its outer edge to create a more vintage appearance - it is in excellent condition & measures 20" x 17". The item "Vintage Oil Painting Martha's Vineyard Menemsha Harbor Lobster Shack & Boat" is in sale since Thursday, July 2, 2020.
This item is in the category "Art\Paintings". The seller is "rdl7204" and is located in Swanzey, New Hampshire. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Viet nam, Uruguay, Philippines, Ukraine, Cayman islands.
- Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
- Region of Origin: Northeast
- Artist: Janet Reid (listed)
- Style: Vintage impressionistic
- Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
- Painting Surface: artist board
- Medium: Oil
- Date of Creation: 1970-1989
- Features: original wooden silver painted
- Width (Inches): 18" sight size
- Subject: Martha's Vineyard harbor
- Originality: Original
- Height (Inches): 15" sight size