AUCTIONS Scottsdale Art Auction 2016 Return from the Hunt

221 Return from the Hunt

Category Art
Auction Currency USD
Start Price 125,000.00 USD
Estimated at 250,000.00 - 350,000.00 USD
Return from the Hunt
Artist: Clymer, JohnDate of Birth: 1907-1989
Medium: Oil on board
Dimensions: 30 x 40 inches
Signed: Signed lower left
Verso:

With carts piled high with meat, a large band of Native Americans, perhaps Blackfoot, Crow, or Lakota, traverses the crest of the bank above a deep river valley in Return from the Hunt. In the foreground, two warriors canter hard, protecting the flanks of the train. The one wearing a buffalo horn bonnet appears to be uttering a call or cry, perhaps of joy, perhaps as a signal to the village that the hunting party has returned, that sustenance is on its way.
John Clymer’s journey from commercial artist to America’s chronicler of the Fur Trade and Mountain Man Era is itself a tale of exploration and adventure. In 1960, Clymer abandoned a successful and lucrative career and decided that he would try his hand at painting the historical West, a subject that fascinated him. He and his wife began to trace what was left of the early Trails—the Oregon, Bozeman, Chisholm, Overland Stage, Pony Express—as well as the path Lewis and Clark had taken, making close studies of the terrain, dress, manners, horses, dwellings, weapons and lives of the men and women, trappers and Indians of the early frontier days. Back in his studio, Clymer poured his findings onto his canvases, investing them with incredible energy.
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