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"St. Ives, Cornwall, England"

Creator: Fern Cunningham Stone
Offered by: Arthur T. Kalaher Fine Art

Description
Original oil painting on artist canvas board by the California artist, Fern F. Cunningham. Signed lower right. Titled in pencil on stretcher verso. Condition is very good. Recently professionally cleaned. Circa 1940. The painting is housed in its original period frame. Overall framed measurements are 14.5 by 17.5 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota Florida collector.

Fern Cunningham Stone (1889-1975) She was born in Defiance, Ohio on August 4, 1889. A painter, she specialized in impressionist still life works, landscapes, and seascapes of California. Born Fern F. Smith, she married Napoleon Arthur Cunningham. They had three sons. Later in life she was divorced and married Earnest Stone. She moved to Florida for a period of time, and eventually settled in Southern California. Stone studied art at the Defiance College in Ohio, Van Emburg School of Art in Plainfield, New Jersey, the Fontainebleau School of Fine Art in France, and under John Carlson, and George Elmer Browne.During her career she exhibited at the Argent Gallery in Cleveland, Ohio; the Butler Art Institute, the Toledo Museum of Art; the Greenville Art Museum (South Carolina); Florida Art Club; the Miami Woman’s Club; Sarasota Art Gallery, Tampa University, Pacific Palisades Art Association; and at the Palladium in Hollywood, California. Stone was an award winner in many of the venues in which she presented here works.Cunningham Stone was a member of the National Association of Women Artists, the Toledo Art Association, National League of American Pen Women (she was the President of the Santa Monica Chapter), Miami Art Association, Sarasota Art Association, St. Petersburg Art Association, Santa Monica Art Association, Pacific Palisades Art Association, and the Desert Art Center in Palm Springs, California.Fern Cunningham Stone died in Palm Springs, California on April 4, 1975.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States, California
Period:	1920-1949
Materials:	Oil paint on canvas
Condition:	Very good
Creation Date:	Circa 1940
Styles / Movements:	Post Impressionism
Incollect Reference #:	622941

Dimensions

W.	12 in;	H.	9 in;	D.	1.75 in;
W.	30.48 cm;	H.	22.86 cm;	D.	4.45 cm;

Message from Seller:

Arthur T. Kalaher Fine Art, located in Southampton, NY, offers a curated selection of traditional and contemporary works, including pieces by the Peconic Bay Impressionists and the estate of Nahum Tschacbasov. For inquiries, contact 631.204.0383 or visit arthurkalaherfineart.com.