FOLK ART BRILLIANCE: Thrilling Portrait of a Sweet Young Girl in Salmon Dress



New Hampshire, ca. 1845. Oil on canvas in original red painted frame. Attributed to H.K. Goodman, whose few known paintings include a family portrait in the Shelburne Museum. Goodman portrayed this pretty little girl with softness and a successful balance of color and calm. Must have been a proud day for her, to have her portrait taken. She has an endearing slightly-turned pose, holding flowers, with a distinctive star pattern to the leaves. These characteristics are also seen in the Goodman family portrait at the Shelburne Museum, and in another little girl portrait in the Don and Faye Walters Collection (Sotheby's, 1986). The mustard-colored tiebacks of the draperies are a perfect splash of light. Found in Claremont NH about a decade ago within the home of the oldest family in that area, the portrait having never being out of that family till then. Virtually untouched original condition with just a minor repair to a small slit in the background that the family had closed with a band aid, and a little rub on the extreme upper right. Frame size about 29 inches tall x 27 wide. Pictured in Antiques and Fine Art, Autumn/Fall, 2013. The harmony of the colors, her sweet face, the remarkable original condition, the frame.....this is folk art at its finest.



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