Antique Walter Greene Silence of the Night Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas 46”

Description

Antique Walter L. Greene oil painting on canvas titled The Silence of the Night. Features a forest landscape scene with Birch and Pine trees.

Walter L. Greene, American painter b.1870 - 1956
Greene, from Schenectady, New York, managed the art department of General Electric for 37 years beginning 1903, but in the 1920s broadened his efforts by producing paintings for both GE and the New York Central Railroad. He specialized in railway and maritime art, as well as producing posters, calendars, post cards, magazine ads. He did nearly all the calendar paintings for GE's annual calendar, which in 1929, circulated 100,000 copies. In 1921, the New York Central Railroad started its calendar project, which Greene took over in 1925.

From 1925 to 1927, Greene's painting of a New York Central Class T electric locomotive appeared on the cover of the ""American Flyer"" toy-train catalog, and a painting done in 1928 was used by the U.S. Navy on its recruiting poster. A number of his paintings are in the Navy Art Collection and on display at the Albany Institute of History and Art, New York, Arkell Museum at Canajoharie, New York, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum National Art Inventories.

Greene attended the Massachusetts State Normal School's Academy of Art in Boston and had his first job with the Forbes Lithographing Company as a commercial artist. He then studied in France and Italy for two years before taking the job with General Electric.

Condition

Very Good - Slight wear to frame edges

Dimensions

46” x 1.5” x 34.75” / Sans Frame – 38.75” x 27.5” (Width x Depth x Height)