Signed Vera Stravinsky (LR) untitled color print.
titled "Trees at the Grand Canyon". There is a notation on the back of the board that indicates this painting was done for Louise and Rod Randel who have been to the canyon four times. Edgar Craven was born April 4, 1891 in Paterson, New Jersey. He later moved to New York and started working in the banking business finally becoming Controller and Vice President of Greenwich Savings Bank. Although Craven was very well known among the banking community and had been successful in his career, he retired from the Greenwich Savings Bank in 1943 at the age of 52 to pursue his real love, painting. He enrolled in New York's noted Grand Central School of Art, and the next year he won top prize for his work at an exhibition of the Morris County Art Association for which he would later serve as President. His work can be seen in the Jersey City Museum and Montclair Art Museum and Association. Site: 7.875"H x 9.875"W; Frame: 11"H x 13"W. Circa - 1949.
Signed Vera Stravinsky (LR) untitled color print.
titled "Trees at the Grand Canyon". There is a notation on the back of the board that indicates this painting was done for Louise and Rod Randel who have been to the canyon four times. Edgar Craven was born April 4, 1891 in Paterson, New Jersey. He later moved to New York and started working in the banking business finally becoming Controller and Vice President of Greenwich Savings Bank. Although Craven was very well known among the banking community and had been successful in his career, he retired from the Greenwich Savings Bank in 1943 at the age of 52 to pursue his real love, painting. He enrolled in New York's noted Grand Central School of Art, and the next year he won top prize for his work at an exhibition of the Morris County Art Association for which he would later serve as President. His work can be seen in the Jersey City Museum and Montclair Art Museum and Association. Site: 7.875"H x 9.875"W; Frame: 11"H x 13"W. Circa - 1949.
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