Hollis Holbrook- famous WPA painter and faculty of Univ Florida

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Hollis Holbrook- famous WPA painter and faculty of Univ Florida:
$6500.00

This is a large (59" tall) painting on original stretcher and original frame. Depicts Jesus being removed from the cross by Nicodemus and Joseph. Excellent condition. Signed and dated 1937.
I no longer have a place to hang this beautiful and historic piece of art.
For PICK UP ONLY at location or I can assist if you find a shipper.
Bio:
Hollis Howard HOLBROOK (1909-1984)
Birth place: Natick, MA
Addresses: Gainesville, FL
Profession: Educator, painter, mur painter, lecturer
Studied: Mass. Sch. Art (dipl., 1934); Yale Univ. (B.F.A., 1936); Univ. Michoacan, Morelia, Mex., 1950-51.
Exhibited: PAFA, 1954, 1964; John-Esther Art Gal., Andover, MA; 48 States Comp.; Walter Chrysler, Jr. 8th Ann. Nat., Sarasota, FL, 1958 (award & purchase prize for "Winter"); Contemporary Painting & Sculpture, Univ. Illinois Biennial, 1961; Corcoran Biennial, 1965; 21st Am. Drawing Biennial, Norfolk Mus. Arts & Sciences, 1965 (purchase prize for "Protest" [drawing]); 22nd SouthEastern Ann., High Mus. Art, Atlanta, 1967 (top award for "Figure with Blue Patch"); Nordness Gal. & Chase Gal, NYC, 1970s
Member: Nat. Soc. Mural Painters; SSAL; Florida Fed. Art; Florida Educ. Assn.
Work: Norfolk (VA) Mus. Arts & Sciences; Southern College, Lakeland, FL; Sheldon Swope Art Gal., Terre Haute, IN; Natick (MA) Pub. Lib.; Univ. Florida, Gainesville. Commissions: WPA mural of John Eliot & Indians (egg tempera mural), Natick Post Off. Bldg., 1937; frescoes, Morelia Lib., Michoacan, Mex., 1951; "Hist. of Florida" (egg tempera), Univ. Florida Lib., 1953; "Life in the World" (collage panels with Harrison Covington), College RI, Providence, 1959; "Ocala Industries" (collage panels), U.S. Post Off., Ocala, 1961.
Comments: Preferred media: acrylics. Des./illustr.: Dennison Mfg. Co., Framingham, MA, 1929-30; Assoc. Press, NYC, 1941; Warren Telechron Co, Ashland, MA, 1942. Auth.: "Fresco Painting," Design magazine, summer 1951; "A Media Laboratory," Am. Artist Sept., 1960; Development of the Plastic Arts of Central America, Univ. Florida Press, 1961; "Painting for Non-Majors," Art Journal, summer, 1970. Teaching: Univ. Florida, 1938-44.
Sources: WW73; WW47; Jacqueline Barnitz, "Holbrook Exhibit, New York City," Arts Magazine (Dec., 1965); Falk, Exh. Record Series.