Blue Chair
Artist
Franklin Chenault Watkins
(American, 1894 - 1972)
Dateca. 1941
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 34 5/8 × 25 5/8 inches (87.95 × 65.09 cm)
Framed: 43 7/8 × 34 13/16 inches (111.44 × 88.42 cm)
Framed: 43 7/8 × 34 13/16 inches (111.44 × 88.42 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Westport Fund through the Friends of Art
Object number44-24
SignedSigned upper right: f. w.
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionRed watering can with green medallions is filled with shaggy flowers and leaves and is placed on the seat of a blue chair.Published ReferencesPaintings by Franklin C. Watkins, exh. cat. (New York: Frank K. M.
Rehn Galleries, 1942), unpaginated; 18 American Painters, exh. cat.
(Buffalo, N.Y.: Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery,
1943), 7; photo caption, Art Digest 18 (1 August 1944), 15; “Gift
of Contemporary American Paintings,” Gallery News (William
Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine
Arts) 10 (August–September 1944), 5; C. H. Bonte, “Art Museum
Shows Oils by Watkins and Carles,” Philadelphia Inquirer, 17 February 1946, 4; “Paintings by Arthur B. Carles and Franklin C. Watkins,” Philadelphia Museum Bulletin 41 (March 1946), 47; Donald
Bear, “Watkins Paintings, Now at Museum, Are Discussed,” Santa
Barbara (Calif.) News-Press, 21 August 1949, C1; “On Display at
Art Museum,” Oregonian (Portland), 18 October 1949, sec. 2, 4;
Charlotte Montgomery, “Watkins’ Paintings Appeal to Emotions,”
(Portland) Oregon Journal, 10 November 1949, sec. 2, 13; Thirty
Paintings: Stuart Davis, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Franklin Watkins, exh.
cat. (Santa Barbara, Calif.: Noel Young, 1949), unpaginated; Winifred Shields, “Painter’s Technique a Key to Revealing His Identity,”
Kansas City Star, 12 May 1950, 18; Winifred Shields, “A Special
Collection of Works Is Growing at Nelson Gallery,” Kansas City
Star, 19 May 1950, 28; “Flower Paintings,” Gallery News (William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of
Fine Arts) 16 (May 1950), unpaginated; Franklin C. Watkins, exh.
cat. (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1950), 8, 27, 46; NAMA
1959, 258; Robert K. Sanford, “Art and Artists: Behold ‘the Forgotten 40s,’” Kansas City Star, 25 February 1962, 2D; “A World
of Flowers, Paintings and Prints,” Philadelphia Museum Bulletin
53 (Spring 1963), 174; A World of Flowers, exh. cat. (Philadelphia:
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1963), 174; Henry Clifford, Franklin Watkins, exh. cat. (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art,
1964), 38; Franklin Watkins, exh. cat. (Spartanburg, S.C.: Converse College Art Gallery, 1965), unpaginated; American Still-Life
Painting, 1913–1967, exh. cat. (New York: American Federation of
Arts, 1967), unpaginated; NAMA 1973, 255.
Rehn Galleries, 1942), unpaginated; 18 American Painters, exh. cat.
(Buffalo, N.Y.: Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery,
1943), 7; photo caption, Art Digest 18 (1 August 1944), 15; “Gift
of Contemporary American Paintings,” Gallery News (William
Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine
Arts) 10 (August–September 1944), 5; C. H. Bonte, “Art Museum
Shows Oils by Watkins and Carles,” Philadelphia Inquirer, 17 February 1946, 4; “Paintings by Arthur B. Carles and Franklin C. Watkins,” Philadelphia Museum Bulletin 41 (March 1946), 47; Donald
Bear, “Watkins Paintings, Now at Museum, Are Discussed,” Santa
Barbara (Calif.) News-Press, 21 August 1949, C1; “On Display at
Art Museum,” Oregonian (Portland), 18 October 1949, sec. 2, 4;
Charlotte Montgomery, “Watkins’ Paintings Appeal to Emotions,”
(Portland) Oregon Journal, 10 November 1949, sec. 2, 13; Thirty
Paintings: Stuart Davis, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Franklin Watkins, exh.
cat. (Santa Barbara, Calif.: Noel Young, 1949), unpaginated; Winifred Shields, “Painter’s Technique a Key to Revealing His Identity,”
Kansas City Star, 12 May 1950, 18; Winifred Shields, “A Special
Collection of Works Is Growing at Nelson Gallery,” Kansas City
Star, 19 May 1950, 28; “Flower Paintings,” Gallery News (William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of
Fine Arts) 16 (May 1950), unpaginated; Franklin C. Watkins, exh.
cat. (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1950), 8, 27, 46; NAMA
1959, 258; Robert K. Sanford, “Art and Artists: Behold ‘the Forgotten 40s,’” Kansas City Star, 25 February 1962, 2D; “A World
of Flowers, Paintings and Prints,” Philadelphia Museum Bulletin
53 (Spring 1963), 174; A World of Flowers, exh. cat. (Philadelphia:
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1963), 174; Henry Clifford, Franklin Watkins, exh. cat. (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art,
1964), 38; Franklin Watkins, exh. cat. (Spartanburg, S.C.: Converse College Art Gallery, 1965), unpaginated; American Still-Life
Painting, 1913–1967, exh. cat. (New York: American Federation of
Arts, 1967), unpaginated; NAMA 1973, 255.
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