H D Becker Signed Original Oil Painting Summer Tree Landscape

Description: H D Becker Signed Original Oil Painting * Summer Landscape * A listed American Impressionist Artist! The painting is an original, a one-of-a-kind, by American artist Howard D. Becker (1914-1995).Oil painting on canvas. Signed and dated: "H. D. Becker 1983 lower-left. The title: "Summer Tree" Impressionist style. Image dimensions: 15" x 19" Description: This beautiful painting by H. D. Becker is a unique piece that features a peaceful and serene summer scene. The artist's use of oil on linen brings to life the various landscape elements, from the big tree in the middle, and vegetation to the hills in the distance, a small brook on the right side, and the vast sky.Please note that this piece is unframed and requires a frame to make it pleasant in any room. Howard Becker was a master of the poetic landscape, devoting himself to portraying the natural environment's beauty. Color, surface, and composition are carefully coordinated depict a familiar aspect of nature. Becker preferred Plein air painting, working directly from life, and we can sense immediacy in his method, with his impressionist style of brushstroke's executed with a sensitive, painterly touch.Provenance: An extensive collection of paintings by Howard D. Becker was acquired directly at the auction in 1995. The detailed history of this collection described in the exhibition catalog: https://www.ebay.com/itm/204592943748The authenticity of the painting is guaranteed. The Certificate of Authenticity (COA) will describe: The estate auction's address and a signature of the purchaser in 1995, a document with the artist's biographical details.Marketplace: H D Becker's paintings sold at various auctions in a range of $ 600 to 3000. The record price for his Taos period desert landscape, $3,335.00, was paid by a collector a few years ago at Phillips American Art sale, New York (Sale No: 825, Lot 82). The other Becker's landscape paintings and watercolors also been sold at Skinner, Inc., Bolton, Dawson's, New Jersey, Sanford Alderfer, Hatfield, Young's Fine Art, Portsmouth, Mystic Fine Art, Ltd., Mystic, and at W. Baum Art School Annual Art auction, Allentown. Biography of Howard Daniel Becker (1914-1995): Howard was born on January 21, 1914, in Albany, New York. He graduated from Pratt Institute of Art in Brooklyn, NY, with the highest honors in 1935. Between 1941 and 1945, he served in the US Army, becoming an official artist to record the war in watercolor, producing hundreds of watercolor sketches of US Army forces and civilian life. The Historical Properties Section in Washington, DC, retains several works of art by H D Becker.After the war, he established a studio in Palm Beach, Florida, and later Taos, New Mexico, living in Taos art colony and Santa Fe, traveling to Arizona and California. He spent almost nine years painting and holding exhibits.In 1954, Howard moved to Honesdale, PA, which became his home, where he lived half of his life.Until his passing at age 81, he learned every road of Wayne County, Pennsylvania, painting Plein air old farms and village scenes, country churches, covered bridges, capturing historical scenes. He spent his life using his talent for art to make the world more beautiful. He caught the hues and shades in any landscape or portrait that inspired him with his alert eyes.His art style changed appreciably from realism to impressionism.He used watercolor and pastel but favored oil. He painted practically every day. Howard became famous painting Plein air along the roadside with his portable easel and paintbox. Today, we enjoy his legacy and capture a mental picture of the artist who painted with all his heart.H. D. Becker's paintings are highly collectible and kept in museums and many private collections.

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Location: Miami, Florida

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