Paul Chidlaw, Framed Oil Still Life on Paper 2

Late Ohio-based artist Paul Chidlaw enlivens classic still life with a modern palette and a loose, gestural hand. Taken from the pages of a notebook, we matted this oil sketch on paper and framed it in simple white. It's expressive, eye-catching and completely timeless.

A student at L'École des Beaux Arts in Fontainebleau during the 1920's, Paul Chidlaw had a varied and prolific career in the art world. He painted commissions for the WPA, became a revered professor at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and mentored luminaries like Tom Wesselmann and Jim Dine. He was also an early proponent of Abstract Expressionism. Chidlaw passed away in 1989.