philip-moose-american-1921-2001-street-scene
Lot 397
Philip Moose (American, 1921-2001), Street Scene
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Watercolor and gouache on paper, signed at both lower right and lower left, matted and framed under glass.

Sight size 25 x 18 1/2 in.; Frame dimensions 34 x 27 1/2 in.

Born in Newton, North Carolina, Philip Moose knew he wanted to be an artist from the age of ten. He went up to New York City in 1940 to study at the National Academy of Design. After serving in the army during WWII, Moose returned to North Carolina. He taught at Davidson College and Queens College during the 1950s and 1960s, before settling in Blowing Rock and devoting his time to painting and traveling. Moose's paintings have been exhibited widely and are in numerous public collections including the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC; the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh; the Hickory Museum of Art in Hickory, NC; and the High Museum in Atlanta, GA.

Good estate condition; not examined out of the frame.