#4 • David Nye Brown: "Nemorensis" Original Oil Painting, Inscribed

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High bid $59.00

Status: Sold

Category: Art

Vintage original "Nemorensis" framed impasto oil painting on board that bears a back label inscribed, dated 1970 and hand-signed by Minnesota artist David Nye Brown (1929-2000). Vertical segments of checkered deep color include a red-dabbed green forefront, black tree outlines, and water at sunset. The title evokes the Lake Nemi grove of Hellenic goddess Nemorensis, where priests fought to the death for their position (a human sacrifice legend at the heart of James George Frazer's famous book The Golden Bough). Wood frame with silver front paint (rubbed a bit) and no matting. Measures 30.25" W x 19" H x 1.5" D. An author and inspiring philosophy teacher at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Brown is remembered saying, "Making art and making life are the same thing."