"Tetons". Oil on wood panel, signed in the lower right corner, framed, the panel size 14" x 18", and with the framing overall 18-1/2" x 22-1/2".
Emerson Glass was born in poverty and died in poverty, having never sold a painting. Glass's father was a foreman on a cotton plantation in the deep south, near the town of Clinton, Louisiana. At the age of seven, a fire destroyed the boy's home and family. Emerson himself was badly burned and scarred for life on the left side of his face and upper body. A plantation worker took the young boy in and cared for him till he left home at the age of 23. "Mammi Jax" was a black woman, born and raised as a plantation slave and served as cook for the master of the plantation. He taught himself to paint. By the time he was 30, Glass was producing work that had matured into his unique style. In his travels, he crossed paths with William Aiken Walker, who spoke of Glass as an innovative post runner of the Impressionists. He was invited to stay and study with Walker, but rejected it to avoid Walker's frequent company and popularity. During his travels toward the west, Glass met Birger Sandzen in Lindsborg, Kansas, staying briefly to study with the artist before continuing toward the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and Wyoming. The influence of the western Impressionist painters is easily seen in his vivid sense of color and bold texture.
300/500 Sold $437.00
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