Oil

Original impressionist oil painting by American artist Harry Lang Barton (1908-2001). The painting depicts a Vermont hill farm, a lone figure on the lane between the barns set against a mountainous backdrop. The work is signed by the artist in the lower left and it is in a qood quality frame and liner. Good size, it measures 16 x 20 inches, including frame approx. 22 x 26 1/4 inches. Excellent condition. Harry Lang Barton (1908-2001) was an American painter and illustrator. Born in Cleveland and raised in Seattle, Barton trained as and worked professionally as a commercial artist on the West Coast. In his mid-thirties, he relocated his young family to New York to enable his study of fine art at the Art Students League. Once established in the new city, Barton again became a success in the illustration trade, producing book covers for Dell, Ace Books, Dial Press, and Farrar Straus & Co. At the same time he was painting oil landscapes and exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Salmagundi Club in New York.