Robert Watson Oil on Canvas - Descent of Night - P2671

Deeply atmospheric, and somewhat surrealist, this arresting evening landscape casts a spell of genuine melancholy. Canvas measures 20 1/4" x 12", and the frame is 28 1/2" x 20 1/2". Robert Watson: Artist Statement I have always felt that as an artist it was my job to capture a moment in time and to hold it. I want to touch other people with my paintings, I want to reach the inner self and to respect this delicate area which defines each human being. Collected by Vincent Price (as noted a collector as he was an actor) who had this to say about Watson's work: "Robert Watson (1923 - 2004) was born in Martinez, California in a big house overlooking the bay, and with him was born the subject of all his paintings - the loneliness of man in the mysterious world. California provided this subject with a stage of vast space on which to grow and evolve. It wasn't until after High School, odd jobs, a sojourn in the Army and study at Universities of California and Wisconsin that Watson's lonely man