Lot 655
Theora Hamblett (American/Mississippi, 1895-1977), "Stealing Sticks", oil on canvas, signed and dated "67" lower right, titled lower center 24.25 in. x 36.25 in., in a period slate wood frame. E12000-18000 Note: Self-taught artist Theora Hamblett was raised on a farm in rural Mississippi. After working as a teacher and an unsuccessful chicken farmer, Hamblett decided at the age of fifty-five to become an artist. She took art classes at the local university and a correspondence course from the Famous Artist School. Four years later in 1954, prominent New York City art dealer Betty Parsons was visiting Mississippi and recognized Hamblett's talent and successfully promoted her career. A continual theme in Hamblett paintings was images of children at play. She wrote "I have so many memories of playing games under the trees when I was a young girl. When I became a teacher I still enjoyed watching children play, and often played with them." Stylistically she used a palette of pastel colors and stylized dots of colors for the leaves on the trees. Ref: Hamblett, Theora, Theora Hamblett Paintings, University Press of Mississippi, 1975.
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