REX GORELEIGH (1902 - 1986) Untitled (Bridge over Princeton Canal)..
Watercolor on wove paper, 1977. 432x559 mm; 17x22 inches. Signed and dated in watercolor, lower right.
Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; private collection, New Jersey; thence by descent, private collection, California.
Rex Goreleigh has long been known for his scenes of rural life, and especially of workers in the fields. Goreleigh moved to Princeton, NJ in the late 1940s, and directed the Princeton Group Arts from 1947 to 1953, a community arts center that provided lesson and organized concerts, lectures, and exhibits. In 1955, he opened his "Studio-on-the-Canal" on Canal Road where he worked for 23 years - and where his friend the artist Hughie Lee-Smith also taught painting classes. Goreleigh's paintings and prints are included in the collections of the New Jersey State Museum, the Paul R. Jones Collection, University of Delaware, and the Harriet and Harmon Kelley Collection of African-American Art, San Antonio.
