SALE PENDING Pair of Oil on Board Landscapes by John Clancy (1897-1981).

Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Landscape : John Clancy

 

A circa 1940's pair of Landscape Oil on board attributed to American Artist John Clancy (1897-1981). With the original Light Oak Arts and Crafts or Craftsman period frames, each standard board measures approximately fourteen and one quarter inches by seventeen and one quarter inches framed overall, these beautiful scenic landscape views are in excellent antique condition.

New York Frank K. M. Rehn's Galleries (est. 1918 - 1981), Art Dealer and Artist John Clancy was Rehn's long-time assistant who eventually became the gallery director who after Rehn's death purchased the gallery. It continued to operate under the name Rehn Galleries until 1981.

Included is a photograph from the Smithsonian Archives of American Art that shows a Group of Artists at the Frank K. M. Rehn Gallery in 1945. Identification on verso (handwritten): "Top: H.V. Poor, John Clancy, Edward Hopper, Henry Mattson, Picken, Reg Marsh. Middle: Eugene Speicher, Flranklin Watkins, Rehn, Charles Burchfield, Bradley W. Tomlin, John Carroll, Morris Kantor. Floor: A. Brook, Peppino Mangravite. March 1945." Clancy also donated many historical items from the gallery to the Smithsonian.

Item ID: 2012