Benjamin Forrest Williams (NC, 1925-2017), Still Life with Flowers

Oil on canvas, signed with monogram at lower right, framed. Stretcher size 22 x 32 in.; Frame dimensions 26 x 36 1/4 in. Private Collection, Greenville, North Carolina Ben Williams was an arts leader in North Carolina. He was the first curator at the North Carolina Museum of Art and curator at the Gregg Museum of Art at NC State University. Williams and his wife, Margaret, established a significant art collection that included works by Josef Albers and Lyonel Feininger, which were acquired during the couple's trips to Black Mountain College. Williams was a skillful artist in his own right, as seen in this work that depicts a chestnut tree at Sertoma. Good estate condition, light alligatoring to the paint, soft cockling to the canvas at the right side.

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