Wayman Adams (American/New Orleans, 1883-1959), "Restin'", oil on board, signed upper left, titled and inscribed en verso, 15 1/2 in. x 12 in., in a period Arts & Crafts giltwood frame Note: A native of Indiana, Wayman Adams spent the winters in New Orleans from 1916-1924 and again during the 1930s. A student of Robert Henri and William Merritt Chase, he brought the rich palette and texture of American Impressionism to the subjects he painted in New Orleans. While Adams painted portraits (including New Orleans Mayor Martin Berhman), his best work in New Orleans depicts African American women and children, often framed in doorways and on balconies in the French Quarter. In the brilliantly colored composition offered here, Adams paints a woman and her young child seated in a doorway. The bright blue door frame and hot, red ground intimate the strong sun against the dark interior.