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Your Price: $ 400.00
Item Number: ART-11
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Circa: 1940
Country of Origin: United States
Manufacturer: John Sudy
Author: John Sudy ( 1879-1960)
This is a wonderful original watercolor painting of a "Pair of Mallards" landing in a pond on the Eastern Shore of Maryland by John Sudy (1879-1960). The painting is in very good condition - the apparent foxing is almost all on the inside of the glass. This painting is in its original frame and has not been examined out of the frame. Sight - 12.5 inches by 18 inches, framed - 25.75 inches by 19.5 inches. Baltimore Gallery sticker and painting label on reverse.
John Sudy was a remarkable character as well as excellent wildlife artist. Taken from his obituary - He was born in 1879 in Prague in what was then Bohimia - now Czechoslovakia. His mother was Suzan Ponyatovsky, a well known artist. He began his art studies at age 9 in Berlin and at the outbreak of WWI was painting in Rome. He joined the army of the Austrian Empire and went to war against Russia, was soon captured and sent off to prison in Siberia. As the only officer in camp, Sudy led a mass escape of 2300 prisoners. From Siberia the group marched westward and 2 years later Mr. Sudy and 4 other prisoners arrived in Turkey.
He managed to reach the U.S. in 1921, where he settled in Easton, Maryland where he began studying and painting wildlife. Quite a linguist, at one time Mr. Sudy spoke 29 languages. He numbered among his close friends such financial greats as J. Pierpoint Morgan, John J. Raskob and George Offett.
Additional information added 1/25/11:
There is an important update. We recently did take the framing apart to clean the glass. While most of the foxing and discoloration was indeed on the glass, there was more foxing than we expected on the painting itself and we have lowered the price accordingly to $400.
It is still a nice painting from a most interesting artist. I recently spoke with someone from Easton, who was acquainted with Mr. Sudy. They said he was quite the character.
Buyer pays all shipping and insurance costs. |
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