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Village in Benin Africa - African American Artist Paints Africa in the 1970s

Creator: Vincent D. Smith
Offered by: Robert Funk Fine Art

Description
This is Post-Post-Impressionist, Post-Expressionist, Post- Fauve depiction of a West African landscape by an African American artist. It is characterized by flat pattens of bold color and distorted shapes that evoke an emotional attachment to the artist's roots. Three traditional beehive huts sit on the horizon line and are counterbalanced by a highly stylized setting sun. Vincent D. Smith incorporates a silhouetted color photograph of a heard of grazing water buffalo to the extreme left of the composition. The work is signed Vincent lower right as a nod to Vincent Van Gogh. Although there may be some references to Van Gogh's highly emotion uses of punchy color and simplification and flatness of the picture plane, Vincent D. Smith has forged his own highly pictorial style and color palette.

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States, New York
Period:	1950-1979
Materials:	Mixed Media - Collage, Pastel on Black Paper
Condition:	Good. Work is glued to linen mat - Mat and frame are period and have some wear and effects of aging
Creation Date:	1974
Styles / Movements:	Color Field, Expressionism, African American
Incollect Reference #:	727745

Dimensions

W.	15.85 in;	H.	10.25 in;
W.	40.26 cm;	H.	26.04 cm;

Message from Seller:

You'll find an eclectic group of art works at Robert Funk Fine Art. 45 years of experience has shaped Director Robert Funk's multi-perspective approach to presenting art. As an undergrad in painting, he studied with great teachers such as first-generation abstract expressionist Robert Richenburg and hyper-realist painter Janet Fish. In Graduate School he worked with famed critic E.C. Goossen and went on to work as a Photographer, New York Advertising Art Director, and Art Collector.