Vintage 1968 American Contemporary Style Chinese Junk Ship Seascape Framed Oil Painting on Canvas Board by Bernie Hill (Louisiana)

Up for sale is a Vintage 1968 American Contemporary Style Chinese Junk Ship Seascape Framed Oil Painting on Canvas Board by Bernie Hill (Louisiana)! It measures 15 1/16” tall, 19 1/8” wide, and 1 5/8” deep on the outside of the frame. The piece is in great overall condition with minor signs of wear consistent with is age and use (scattered light surface wear to wooden frame). Please message us if you have any questions. Thanks!

This striking 1968 vintage original framed oil painting on canvas board is signed and dated by Louisiana artist Bernie Hill in the lower left corner. Executed in a bold Mid-Century Contemporary impasto technique, the composition captures a traditional three-masted Chinese junk ship sailing across calm, reflective waters at sunset against a backdrop of distant mountain peaks and silhouette palm trees along the shore. The artist utilized heavy palette knife work and thick structural brushstrokes to build a rich, raised texture throughout the canvas board, employing a vibrant color palette dominated by vivid crimson, deep magenta, fiery orange, and golden yellow highlights. Housed in its original period-appropriate painted wooden frame featuring a deep inner liner, this artwork seamlessly combines dramatic nautical subject matter with mid-century expressionist flair, making it an outstanding addition to collections of vintage maritime art, mid-century modern decor, or regional post-war American paintings.

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