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Stunning Oil On Canvas Mother & Child - Painted By Artist John LaVelle, American- Boston, MA 1896-1971 WA
Stunning Oil On Canvas Mother & Child - Painted By Artist John LaVelle, American- Boston, MA 1896-1971  WA

Stunning Oil On Canvas Mother & Child - Painted By Artist John LaVelle, American- Boston, MA 1896-1971 WA

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Item Description

Stunning Signed Vintage Oil Painting on canvas of a mother cradling her Infant - Sitting In Rocking Chair. Painted signature bottom right by listed Artist - John LaVelle- American - Boston, MA artist 1896-1971. Beautiful details in tenderness conveyed and capturing details/textures. 75

John Lavelle attended St. Paul's School, New Hampshire before going on to Harvard. At the outbreak of World War I he served as a bomber pilot with the Second Oxford Detachment of the British Royal Air Force. In Paris, Lavalle studied at the Académie Julian as a pupil of Jean-Francis Aubertin. Upon returning to the US he enrolled at the School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, going on to establish himself as a successful painter of society portraits throughout the 1920s and 30s.
When the US entered World War II Lavalle served as a camouflage artist for the 12th Air Force prior to the invasion of Sicily, and painted many portraits and combat scenes of its subsequent campaigns. Several of these appear in the volume 'Mediterranean Sweep' published in 1944. After World War II, Lavalle moved from Boston to New York where he painted numerous portraits of various eminent academics.
His watercolors and landscapes are held in the collections of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Brooklyn Museum, the Harvard Art Museums, and the Parrish Art Museum in New York, of which he became the first vice president. He was awarded a bronze medal by the National Arts Club in 1954.

Notes: Canvas needs tightening on right side of frame. Bit of wear on edges. Back has some discoloring. Brilliant work.

Condition

Consistent with age and use.

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