PALM BEACH ESTATE TREASURE! Small yet powerful Vic Donahue (listed) acrylic on Masonite board painting entitled “PIMA” in pencil on reverse. Western Illustration Art at its finest! A wonderfully detailed painting of an American Indian on Horseback. The picture measures 8” square overall framed in wood and the actual painted board measures 6” square. Signed lower right. Condition appears to be good+ with some tiny areas of paint loss (2 really small chips that are hard to see or photograph). The overall surface appears dirty but I will leave any cleaning up to your taste. Please ask any and all questions prior to offer or purchase.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Vic Donahue was raised in Omaha and became a newspaper artist before enlisting in World War II, where he became a combat artist. Following the war, he joined the Scripps-Howard newspaper syndicate in Cleveland, Ohio. He was nominated two times for the Pulitzer Prize for Best Newspaper Feature of the Year. Later, he moved to New York City where he became a book, magazine, and advertising illustrator before turning to painting full-time. In 1962, he moved to Tucson, Arizona, where he lived and worked until his death in 2008.
His paintings are in the Christlieb Collection at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln; the Navy and Marine Collections and the National Archives in Washington DC; the Museum of Nebraska Art in Kearney; Brown University Library in Providence, Rhode Island; and the Mountain Oyster Club of Tucson, Arizona.