Adirondack Artist Steve Story Painting. Tupper Rd. Tupper Lake NY. Signed 1982

Description: For sale is a gorgeous landscape painting by Saranac Lake NY artist Steve Story (1915 - 1988) Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by previous owner. This painting features a scene of The Tupper Road in Tupper Lake NY in the Adirondack mountains in upstate New York. A sign on a gentle bend in the road warns drivers of flag men working just up ahead. The colors of the trees suggest an early autumn scene. The colors are just as bright and vivid as the day the painting was created. With large wispy brush strokes of paint in a loose post impressionist style. An exceptional work by this beloved New York regionalist artist. Signed and dated 1982 in the lower right corner. Condition: Excellent. The gorgeous gallery frame with only age appropriate wear NOTE: This painting is on board and in a very solid frame therefore making it heavier than most paintings in canvas. Shipping costs reflect weight and volume via UPS GROUND SHIPPING. NOTE: Main picture is indoor artificial light. Others are outdoors natural light. Note differences Measurements Framed - 37 1/2” x 43 1/2” Board - 30” x 36” Steve Story (1915 - 1988) A native of Brooklyn and a graduate of Pratt Institute, Story began restoring paintings for the Metropolitan Museum of Art during the depression. He established himself over a 47 year period as a preeminent restorer of fine paintings. He preserved priceless works of art for major museums in New York City, and for private galleries and collections, such as the Rockwell Kent Legacies in AuSable Forks. Among the paintings he restored were works by Rubens, Hals, and Rembrandt, as well as Van Gogh, Monet, Winslow Homer, and Edward Hopper. The care for his work extended even to the framing of his paintings. He insisted on the finest of frames. He was an expert in matching the painting to the frame, so that the frame enhanced the work and yet does not detract from its aesthetic quality. Story's paintings show an interesting blend of traditional glazing techniques and contemporary thinking. While he was influenced by many of the artists he restored, his work has significant ties to the Impressionists. He depicts specific settings of the region and captures the light and mood of the area, thus making him truly an Adirondack artist. He spent many summers with his family in the Adirondacks. After permanently moving to Saranac Lake in 1976, His realism is not merely a photographic copying of what he saw, but an interpretive rendering of the setting. In doing so, he captured the ever changing climate, with its extreme temperature ranges, its sudden cloudbursts, unexpected fogs, or again sunny blue skies dotted with white clouds. He has had numerous one-man exhibitions in the region and some of his works were acquired by the Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, and the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers. He painted full-time the landscapes and village scenes of this region until his death in 1988. He left a legacy of over 200 paintings.

Price: 600 USD

Location: Kingston, New York

End Time: 2025-01-03T07:34:17.000Z

Shipping Cost: 125 USD