**Originally Listed At $500**

Attributed to Paul Forster (American, 1925-2012). "Shade" - oil on board, n.d. A beautiful painting attributed to Paul Forster depicting a group of women and children gathered beneath the shade of two giant trees, each with huge trunks and widespread canopies. The scene glows with the warmth of the midday sun, while the slightly blurred figures converse and play in the golden grass. Loose brush strokes and a sensitivity for light and color help to convey the tender, communal nature of this image. Size: 35.75" W x 24.25" H (90.8 cm x 61.6 cm)

This painting has been attributed to Paul Forster due to its similarity in style and subject matter to Forster's artworks, as well as the fact that it is currently owned by a prominent collector of Paul Forster's work.

At the age eight, Paul Forster became the youngest member of the Albright Art Gallery Association in Buffalo, New York and also 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 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 paint 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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#173164

Some minor chips to outer edges of peripheries; none of which affect the central imagery. Otherwise, painting is in overall excellent conditon with vibrant colors and dynamic composition. Label on verso featuring the title.