Sweet c. 1920s Fred Abbott Naive Painting of Bear Mountain and Pond, with Canoe finely made wooden clothes pin typically commissioned by wealthy foreigners

typically commissioned by wealthy foreigners and engraved with their monograms

quite an elegant and refined piece

Image size approx 18 1/8" x 12 5/8"

but the bandeau just painted on

and I've never bought an oil can

Sweet c. 1920s Fred Abbott Naive Painting of Bear Mountain and Pond, with Canoe finely made wooden clothes pin typically commissioned by wealthy foreignersA charming little painting, which a handwritten note on reverse describes as depicting (I think it reads) "Bear Mountain and Pond" (there's a bridge mentioned too) and attributes to Prof. Fred F. Abbott of Portland Maine, teacher and violin composer. I've actually found a few other examples of paintings by Abbott previously sold, including a fabulous woman with horse dated 1924, which I'd guess is about when this one was done. I love the inclusion of