Large Vintage MCM Sailboat Sunset Painting by Van Hoople

Large vintage MCM signed Van Hoople Sailboat Sunset heavy impasto painting on board. Van Hoople was born in Chicago in 1934. He studied fine arts at the University of Texas. Later, he attended the ArtCenter in Los Angeles, California. Van Hoople did his apprenticeship with Cecil B. DeMille's art director Mr. P.T. Blackburn at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California. He also worked as a set designer there. Beginning in 1957, he had an exclusive contract with Hillside: House of Originals gallery, the proprietor of which was LeRoy Benjamin. His works are markedly mid-century, and appreciated by tiki enthusiasts alike. Heavy, bring help and appropriate vehicle. #JB Measurements: 50 in. w x 29 in. h Pickup category timeslot {A}