Ship and Castle, Old Folk Art Oil on Wood Panel Painting removed face As with early primers

As with early primers

Really a terrific gift

This one I think would be fantastic in a lemon gold or black painted period frame

Box measures 10 7/8” x 8 3/8” x 2 1/4” and holds two layers of blocks

I purchased this directly from a seller in Russia when it was still winter

Ship and Castle, Old Folk Art Oil on Wood Panel Painting removed face As with early primersPart of what I love about this oil on wood panel painting is its succinctness: just a ship sailing across the sea toward a castle on the coast. Perhaps at sea for quite a long time and just about to achieve its destiny, or perhaps it will sail on by, as that fortress looks rather formidable! (And, indeed, it seems a bit like a metaphorical dual between darkness and light, progress and stasis, going on here.) Late 19th early 20th c. I'd think and