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"Pipe Fitters", 1951 Paean to the Working Man by Gere, Wisconsin Painter
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Although this painting dates to 1951, a few years after the Works Progress Administration (WPA) period ended in the 1940s, this tight composition of two pipe fitters doing their work in a cramped space is very much akin to America's Depression-era murals that celebrated the American worker. The painter was Byron Gere, who spent a few years working in New York, but is best known for depicting life and work in his native Wisconsin. He worked for the Western Printing & Lithographing Company and for the Western Advertising Agency in the 1940s, then became a full-time employee at Western Printing. He exhibited frequently across the Midwest, and his work is in the collection of the Milwaukee Art Institute. The painting is oil on Masonite, and is signed in the lower lefthand corner. Dimensions include the frame; visible painting is 35 inches high by 19 inches wide.
- Dimensions:Height: 45 in (114.3 cm)Width: 29 in (73.66 cm)Depth: 2.5 in (6.35 cm)
- Style:Art Deco (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1951
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- Seller Location:Philadelphia, PA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU865139775282
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