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Date July 1, 1952
Classification Painting
Medium Oil on composition board
Dimensions 16 × 22 in. (40.64 × 55.9 cm)
Frame 22.38 × 28.5 in. (56.83 × 72.39 cm)
Inscriptions Signed and dated (lower left); Signed, titled, and dated en verso
Born 1903 in Buffalo, NY
Howard Schleeter
The 1945 Encyclopedia Brittanica referred to Howard Schleeter as “an artist’s artist”. The southwestern artist was fueled by a tenacious and industrious spirit. After being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease later in life, he learned to paint left-handed, and even by holding a brush in his teeth. About his paintings, he said, “View these paintings with a clear mind and take only what they have to offer, never confusing realism with that which is not.”
Died 1976 in Albuquerque, NM
Major Exhibits:
The Guggenheim
Art Institute of Chicago
Karlsruhe Museum (Germany)
deYoung Memorial Museum
