Old, 1968 oil painting on heavy Masonite board depicting an American Western scene. Signed lower left by the artist, “Denver” along with artist device bear claw or longhorn? Untouched condition painting has never even been cleaned. I see no condition problems and the colors are still really nice. The frame has a lot of loss but this doesn’t jump out at me because it has a sort of distressed look anyway. In this painting by Denver, we have a Native American man. He has a knife on his belt, a peace pipe with feathers dangling down, feathers in his hair, jewelry, etc. He’s reaching up toward the sky, perhaps doing some ritual. There’s a cattle skull on the ground. His horse is off grazing, to the right. I’m unsure if this would be considered the American West or Southwest. The mountain or big butte has some nice, pink color to it. It was in their American Indian and Western Firearm Antique Sale. It was titled “Buffalo Range”. Since it was dated and from 1984, I take it that the artist actively painted in the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s. The artist, Denver, will be hard to research because everything from Colorado, where Denver is, and the singer John Denver! Will come up in search results. I think he was a talented, Regionalist, Outsider Artist. It seems like people think of Folk Art and Naive art as at least similar to Outsider Art but they’re just all terms I guess. Denver was painting in his own style, a blend of realism and colorful impressionism. Since he apparently specialized in Native American themes such as this and the bison, he carved out a genre for himself much like Albert Looking Elk did with painting Taos Pueblo scenes. Oil on Masonite board. Signed and dated “Denver”, “68” and with artist’s device. Mounted in shabby chic, distressed frame. Painting measures 16 x 14 inches. Overall measurements with frame: 19 5/8 x 17 5/8 inches. Painting itself in excellent original condition. This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “cadmium24″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Wallis and Futuna, Gambia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Poland, Oman, Suriname, United Arab Emirates, Kenya, Argentina, Guinea-Bissau, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Bhutan, Senegal, Togo, Ireland, Qatar, Burundi, Netherlands, Iraq, Slovakia, Slovenia, Equatorial Guinea, Thailand, Aruba, Sweden, Iceland, Macedonia, Belgium, Israel, Kuwait, Liechtenstein, Benin, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Italy, Swaziland, Tanzania, Pakistan, Burkina Faso, Panama, Singapore, Kyrgyzstan, Switzerland, Djibouti, Chile, China, Mali, Botswana, Republic of Croatia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Portugal, Malta, Tajikistan, Vietnam, Cayman Islands, Paraguay, Saint Helena, Cyprus, Seychelles, Rwanda, Bangladesh, Australia, Austria, Sri Lanka, Gabon Republic, Zimbabwe, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Norway, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Kiribati, Turkmenistan, Grenada, Greece, Haiti, Greenland, Yemen, Afghanistan, Montenegro, Mongolia, Nepal, Bahamas, Bahrain, United Kingdom, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Angola, Western Samoa, France, Mozambique, Namibia, Peru, Denmark, Guatemala, Solomon Islands, Vatican City State, Sierra Leone, Nauru, Anguilla, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Cameroon, Guyana, Azerbaijan Republic, Macau, Georgia, Tonga, San Marino, Eritrea, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Morocco, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Mauritania, Belize, Philippines, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Colombia, Spain, Estonia, Bermuda, Montserrat, Zambia, South Korea, Vanuatu, Ecuador, Albania, Ethiopia, Monaco, Niger, Laos, Ghana, Cape Verde Islands, Moldova, Madagascar, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Lebanon, Liberia, Bolivia, Maldives, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Central African Republic, Lesotho, Nigeria, Mauritius, Saint Lucia, Jordan, Guinea, Canada, Turks and Caicos Islands, Chad, Andorra, Romania, Costa Rica, India, Mexico, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Lithuania, Trinidad and Tobago, Malawi, Nicaragua, Finland, Tunisia, Luxembourg, Uganda, Brazil, Turkey, Germany, Egypt, Latvia, Jamaica, South Africa, Brunei Darussalam, Honduras.
- Artist: Denver
- Unit of Sale: Single-Piece Work
- Signed By: DENVER
- Size: Medium
- Signed: Yes
- Custom Bundle: No
- Color: Multicolor
- Material: Cardboard
- Framing: Framed
- Region of Origin: Montana, USA
- Subject: Animal Head, Costumes, Cows, Equestrian, Figures, Horse, Inspirational, Landscape, Men, Military, National Parks, Skulls, Sunsets, USA, Western
- Personalize: No
- Type: Painting
- Year of Production: 1968
- Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
- Item Height: 16 in
- Style: Americana, Desert Art, Figurative Art, Folk Art, Illustration Art, Impressionism, Native American, Naïve art, Outsider Art, Primitivism, Realism
- Features: One of a Kind (OOAK)
- Production Technique: Oil Painting
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Handmade: Yes
- Culture: Native American
- Item Width: 14 in
- Time Period Produced: 1960-1969
- UPC: NA