American WPA Oil painting High Desert Landscape Pacific Northwest Oregon by Arthur Runquist, Circa 1942 Sold He decorated various official buildings

He decorated various official buildings and palaces

From the late 1930s he began to produce apocalyptic anti-war compositions

Following this

An early pre Knoll production 1955 Mies Van Der Rohe

A fine pair of monumental antique Japanese Satsuma vases with stands

American WPA Oil painting High Desert Landscape Pacific Northwest Oregon by Arthur Runquist, Circa 1942 Sold He decorated various official buildingsA very good Impressionist oil painting of the Oregon High Desert by the celebrated Pacific Northwest WPA artist Arthur Runquist (1891 1971), circa 1942. Arthur Runquist was at the forefront of Northwest art from 1920 onwards, this landscape is an exemplary work from the early 1940s. This landscape was sold in the early 1990s by the revered Portland gallery of Laura Russo. The painting is housed in gilded hardwood frame, condition is excellent, this