Description: Horse in landscape, oil on canvas, signed
l/r, 1947, 17" x 24"
sight
21" by 28", framed.
Condition: Both the painting and the frame are in very
good, untouched condition.
Inscribed
verso - Howard L. Hastings, 605 Westfield Ave.,
Westfield, N.J.
Biography: Illustrator, painter, and writer working
in the '20s, 30's, and 40's.
He painted animals,
landscape, and illustrations
for books and
magazines (at least two illustrations
were
offered for sale at Illustration
House in
New York). Cover art included Boys Life, April 1922; Outdoor Life, December 1930; and Field and Stream, October 1942. He illustrated four of the
six 'Yank Brown' books, written by David Stone, and four
volumes of The Hunniwell Boys. His writing included a children's book
and Wings and Toes for Boys Life, July 1933.
We're still trying to piece together
more
definitive details of the artist's
life.
One source places his death in
1955 (Michigan
State University Libraries online).
A newspaper
in Maryland references the name
Howard L.
Hastings in a 1949 obituary,
but it's unclear
if that was the artist's obituary
or if he
was listed as a survivor of the
deceased.
A Howard L. Hastings was interred
in the
Golden Gate National Cemetery
and the dates
of birth and death are November
11, 1892
and July 30, 1961, respectively.
A horse portrait similar in size
and quality
to the one listed here was recently
offered
by a gallery in Massachusetts
for $2,700.
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information, please e-mail.
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United
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Another example of Howard Hastings' work:
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