Medium: Oil on canvas
Artist: Bea Evan (American, 1902–1985)
Subject: Abstract still life
Dimensions: 12" W x 14" H
Signature: Signed lower right; titled en verso
Condition: Good; wear consistent with age. Unframed.
Abstract still life with a red background by American artist Bea Evan. Signed in the lower right corner and titled en verso. In good condition with wear consistent with age. Unframed.
Bea Evan (1902–1985) was an American artist whose work spanned drawing, watercolor, and oil painting. She is documented in the permanent collections of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, which holds a group of her drawings donated by the artist in 1965. These works, primarily watercolor and wash studies of landscapes, coastal scenes, and figures, date to the mid-twentieth century and depict locations including Rockport, Massachusetts; Washington Square Park in New York City; and California.
Evan also appears in the collection of the National Gallery of Art as a co-creator, alongside George Luks, of a drawing titled Four Figures (c. 1925). This association suggests a connection to the circle of American realist and Ashcan School artists active in the early twentieth century.
Museum Holdings:
Works by Bea Evan are held in the permanent collection of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (New York), which received a group of her drawings as a gift from the artist in 1965. The National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.) holds Four Figures (c. 1925), a collaborative drawing with George Luks.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Artist: Bea Evan (American, 1902–1985)
Subject: Abstract still life
Dimensions: 12" W x 14" H
Signature: Signed lower right; titled en verso
Condition: Good; wear consistent with age. Unframed.
Abstract still life with a red background by American artist Bea Evan. Signed in the lower right corner and titled en verso. In good condition with wear consistent with age. Unframed.
Bea Evan (1902–1985) was an American artist whose work spanned drawing, watercolor, and oil painting. She is documented in the permanent collections of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, which holds a group of her drawings donated by the artist in 1965. These works, primarily watercolor and wash studies of landscapes, coastal scenes, and figures, date to the mid-twentieth century and depict locations including Rockport, Massachusetts; Washington Square Park in New York City; and California.
Evan also appears in the collection of the National Gallery of Art as a co-creator, alongside George Luks, of a drawing titled Four Figures (c. 1925). This association suggests a connection to the circle of American realist and Ashcan School artists active in the early twentieth century.
Museum Holdings:
Works by Bea Evan are held in the permanent collection of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (New York), which received a group of her drawings as a gift from the artist in 1965. The National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.) holds Four Figures (c. 1925), a collaborative drawing with George Luks.
