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Arthur Humpal (1902-1998)
Lower Falls, Yellowstone
- signed l.r.
- oil on board; framed in artist-decorated
frame
- 20 by 16 inches
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$950
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Untitled Landscape
- signed l.r.
- oil on board; framed in artist-decorated
frame
- 12 by 16 inches
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$750
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- Brother of artist Frank Humpal, Art lived and painted in
Brown County, Indiana.
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- We do not know when Art left his Hoosier
home to paint the Western scene, top, but it evokes the WPA aesthetic
of the 1930s. His Western landscapes, which are almost Disney-like
in their palette, are rare. The untitled landscape, bottom, seems
closer to home.
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- Art Humpal was found a few years back in a dilapidated cabin
outside Nashville, Indiana, surrounded by hundreds of his canvases.
A major show and sale of his work was held at the Brown County
Art Gallery to help pay for a nursing-home stay. Humpal said
he never really sought to sell his work because he resented paying
gallery and dealer fees.
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