Up for sale from a recent estate in Hawaii, this 1896 US Massachusetts framed oil one wooden board painting that is titled "The Old Nantucket Windmill" depicting the said windmill and a figure strapping fabric to the windmills arms and was created by the well known artist James Walter Folger (1851-1918). The condition is described above for more information please check the photos. Free local pick up possible!!! A piece with the identical scene just slightly larger has sold in the past for $8,000.
Measurements:
Board 10 inches x 8 inches
Frame 14 inches x 12 inches
More about the artist:
An artisan from Nantucket, he was mainly self-taught. Folger briefly worked in 1869 as a journeyman for a wood carver in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and continued to create carved animal heads, ornamental carvings and historical dioramas upon his return to the island. He was also a painter in oil and watercolor, mostly creating scenes in and around Nantucket. His work was displayed locally and exhibitions mentioned frequently in the Inquiry Mirror newspaper.
Folger is also believed to be the illustrator for Arthur Gardner's Wrecks Around Nantucket (1915).
Condition:
The painting and frame are overall, in good pre-owned condition, the painting on wooden board, the painting is in original condition, has not been conserved and will need a good cleaning and varnishing, it is soiled and stained with some stable cracking of the pigments, signed
