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**Originally Listed At $500**

Paul Forster (American, 1925-2012). "Little Bird" oil on canvas, n.d. Signed at lower right. An enchanting painting by Paul Forster, depicting an indigenous woman sitting on her knees beneath a leafy tree, extending her right hand out toward a little bird flying her way. The woman's outfit is plain and simple - a midriff blouse and a petite skirt - and her elegant facial features are framed by a centrally-parted coiffure. Golden sunlight radiates throughout the scene, casting a magical glow. Love of nature and life abound. Size: 24" L x 20" W (61 cm x 50.8 cm)

At the age eight, Paul Forster became the youngest member of the Albright Art Gallery Association and started studying at the Museum School with watercolorist Robert Blair. During World War II, Forster served in the Army Air Corps, and in 1952, he graduated from Brigham Young University with a Fine Arts Degree. In the late 1950s, Forster had a studio in Nevada and painted murals for the Mormon Church. In the early 1960s, he taught art and became Chairman of the Art Department of the L.D.S. Schools of the South Pacific in Tonga. In 1969, he left Brigham Young University to pursue his art full time. For the greater part of the next decade, Forster traveled throughout the American Southwest in an Airstream trailer to paint the environment and its inhabitants. In time, he moved to Oregon followed by Kansas City, but eventually returned to Arizona.

Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010

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  • Condition: Signed at lower right. Label on verso lists this painting for $1400. Another label includes the title "Little Bird". A few minor scuffs/abrasions to peripheries but otherwise excellent.

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