50's Hawaii Gouache Painting "Harbor View w. Boats" by Shirley Marie Russell

Up for sale from a recent client in Honolulu Hawaii this circa 1950s Hawaii gouache on paper painting that is untitled and depicts a loose composition of a small harbor with boats and is signed by well known artist Shirley Marie Russell. The conditions described above - the frame is not great but will do.

Measurements:

Visible painting 18.5 inches x 24.5 inches

Frame 28 inches high x 34 inches wide

More about the artist:

Born in Del Rey, California, Shirley Russell, an impressionist landscape painter,

studied art at Stanford University, the California School of Fine Art, the California

School of Arts and Crafts, and Academie Julian in Paris, 1937 to 1938.

In 1921, she went to Hawaii and returned there in 1923 to settle permanently.

She taught art in a Honolulu high school and painted regularly, doing scenes of urban

and rural landscapes, often suggestive of human activity. She also painted portrait

subjects.

She was a member of the Association of Honolulu arti

Condition: 

Overall good condition, not inspected out of the frame, minor creases visible in places, minor toning, no foxing