VANCE HALL KIRKLAND Mixed Media on Paper, Of Rock and Root Forms - A Rocky Mountain Abstraction swedish antiques carved rocaille designs on the

carved rocaille designs on the crest rail

Ownership monogram (bottom): LL

5 Height 14

Width 48 Depth 24 Height 20 inches

VANCE HALL KIRKLAND Mixed Media on Paper, Of Rock and Root Forms - A Rocky Mountain Abstraction swedish antiques carved rocaille designs on theDETAILS A vintage, crayon and ink sketch of a leaves in the Rocky Mountains by Colorado artist Vance Kirkland. Kirkland was born in Ohio and later settled in Denver, Colorado where he became a painter and educator. Early in his career, in 1929, he was hired to establish the art department of the University of Denver. His paintings display a wide range of styles from realist and impressionist, to surrealist or abstract expressionist images. He was an