SIGNED Framed Poster FREDERICK MCDUFF VENABLE/NESLAGE GALLERY

Description

This is an Original Gallery Poster to feature the works of  Frederick H. McDuff at the Venable / Neslage Gallery in Washington, DC.
Classic imagery from one of McDuff's favorite haunts: the Normandy coast of France. Of McDuff's 54 various serigraph images, the beach scenes were an enduring subject matter, reflecting a strong influence of one his favorite painters, Eugene Boudin.
This features the seaside with striking red and white striped cabanas, people strolling and picnicking.  It is signed in pencil by the artist on the lower right, "To Dr. Mitchell" and "Fred McDuff".  It's framed under glass in a brushed silver metal frame--outer dimensions 29 1/4" x 26". Condition is excellent. Shipped USPS, UPS, or free local pickup outside Washington DC.
Frederick McDuff, an American Impressionist, is internationally renowned for his landscapes, especially parks and beach scenes. Born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1931, of Scots-Irish ancestry, McDuff's interest in painting led him to New York in the 1950's, after a stint in the army. He studied briefly at the Art Student League but was convinced that experience would serve him better. What sharpened his visual sensibilities were visits to museums where his careful eye analyzed seventeenth and eighteenth century French, English, and Italian landscape artists, as well as artists through the Impressionist Period, in particular Corot, Pissaro, Monet, and Boudin. In the early 1960's, McDuff moved from New York to Washington, D.C., where he was artist in residence at the
prestigious Venable Neslage Gallery. McDuff's work hangs in many embassies and international collections in Paris, La Paz and at the State Department in Washington, D.C. His work is also part of many corporate collections including those of Occidental petroleum and TRW Systems.  He is known for his beach scenes of the Brittany coast with red and white tents, umbrellas, and holiday goers with their pets, clear blue skies, fleecy clouds, and yellow sands.