171 Shelter

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This item SOLD at 2015 Apr 11 @ 13:55UTC-7 : PDT/MST
Category Western Americana
Auction Currency USD
Start Price NA
Estimated at 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 USD
Shelter
Artist: Gollings, WilliamDate of Birth: 1878-1932
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 30 x 40 inches
Signed: Signed lower right and dated 1929

Gollings [1878-1932]Ó by Gary L. Temple; Western Art and Architecture Magazine; Fall 2009. Elling William Gollings was born on March 17, 1878 in Pierce City which was the Territory of Idaho. His mother was injured by a fall and the family went back to Chicago for her treatment where she later died. His father remarried and the family moved to Lewiston, Idaho in 1886. Aspirations of machinery and mining ventures did not come about so the family again moved back to Chicago in 1890.The true West was in its waning years and Gollings was there. He would later put his experiences onto paper and canvas which would stand for generations. The art of Elling William ÒBillÓ Gollings was not from the recollections of others but from his own.
William J. Berryman became aware of the talents of Gollings and purchased works for many years. Many of the works purchased over the years were large in format from the artist. His purchases included annual Christmas Card designs from 1926 until his death in 1932.At the beginning of 1928, Gollings starts work on a request from Berryman to paint a subject the same as the 1926 Christmas Card.