Beulah Barnes Weaver (1882 - 1957)

Red Curtain and Pink Rose, c. 1940s, oil on canvas, 22 x 24 inche, label verso reads: "Buelah B. Weaver / 2133 Wisconsin Ave. / Wash DC / Title - Red Curtain & Pink Rose / Price $150", presented in its original frame

$4250

Beulah Barnes Weaver was a Washington DC-based painter, sculptor, and art instructor. Educated at the Art Students League and the Corcoran School of Art with Peppino Mangravite and Karl Knaths, Weaver deeply explored the American Scene during the 1930s. By the immediate post-War period, Weaver was steeped in the aesthetics of modernism informed by the teachings European Cubism, which informed her paintings during the 1940s and 50s, such as the present work. Her paintings were included in group shows at the National Gallery of Art, Phillips Gallery, Salons of America, Corcoran Gallery, and Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. She was awarded prizes at the Independent Artists Exhibition (Washington DC - 1935) and the Society of Washington Artists (1935 and 1948), where she was also a member. Weaver is listed in Who Was Who in American Art and other standard references.