Walter Thrift (NC, 1922-1969), Abstract Composition

Oil and mixed media on panel, 1964, signed and dated at lower right, framed.

Sight size 23 1/2 x 19 1/4 in.; Frame dimensions 26 3/4 x 22 1/2 in.

Walter Thrift was born in High Point, North Carolina. He studied creative writing and journalism at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill and the University of Virginia. He was a self-taught artist who turned to painting full-time in 1958.

Thrift's paintings are included in the collection of The Mint Museum in Charlotte and the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh. He was featured in numerous prominent juried exhibitions, including those at the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, Virginia, and the Mint Museum in Charlotte.

Good estate condition.