SYDNEY LAURENCE ORIGINAL OIL IMPORTANT LISTED RARE VERY IMPORTANT AND LISTED ALASKA ARTIST Start Price USD 40,500.00 Current Price USD 40,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, November 13, 2008 End Time Sunday, November 23, 2008 Location Anchorage, Alaska See more about 'SYDNEY LAURENCE ORIGINAL OIL IMPORTANT LISTED RARE ' Description                                                                                           Sydney Mortimer Laurence  (1865 - 1940) FREE SHIPPING AND HANDLING: ESTATE SALE FIND: VERY RARE, AND GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC, CICRA 1920'S, SYDNEY LAURENCE ORIGINAL OIL ON BOARD, OF A ALASKA FISH PROCESSING PLANT, LOCATION UNKNOWN. Image area measures 12" x 16", framed 24" x 20". It is in great condioion and is signed on the lower left.   It is in great vintage condition, with no damages.  CERTIFIED CASHIERS CHECKS ONLY.  QUESTIONS ARE WELCOMED.   Please see my other auctions for more native Alaska Eskimo artifacts, art and other cool stuff. The Art of Sydney Laurence: Sydney M. Laurence (1865-1940) is considered the foremost twentieth-century painter of the Alaska landscape. Laurence came to Alaska around 1904, after studying art in New York and Europe and pursuing a career as a foreign correspondent in Africa. Like the thousands who came to Alaska seeking gold, Laurence was an unsuccessful miner. To survive, Laurence exchanged his gold pan for his artists' palette, and briefly opened a photography studio in the fledgling town of Anchorage. However, he soon abandoned photography for a career in painting. Laurence was fascinated by the vast scale and high drama of the Alaska landscape, and was particularly drawn to Mount McKinley. Humans rarely intrude onto his canvases: when they do appear, they are minor players dwarfed by their surroundings. Laurence was intent on capturing the distinctive Alaska light that filtered through the clouds and reflected in the sky, water, and mountains. Much of Laurence's work was tailored to the tastes of average Alaska residents-as well as to summer excursionists touring Alaska-hungry for beautiful scenes of Alaska's forests and waters. Today Laurence remains a beloved figure. His paintings are heirlooms to many of Alaska's "pioneers" and grace numerous museum collections.  Place a Bid!