23-198 Original Emily Hixon 1979 Painting

Offered here is a rare original oil painting on linen by Emily Hixon, 1979. Signed and dated on the verso. The canvas is 12 × 14 inches. The matte white wood floater frame is 16 × 18 inches.

Emily Earl Hixon aka Emily H. Sturkie aka Emily Hixon Taplin (1919-2003) was a prolific painter and printmaker working in both non-objective and Pop Art idioms. In 1974, she helped start the artist-run Amos Eno Gallery in New York City’s Soho District (it recently relocated to Bushwick, Brooklyn). She was an educator and an art director at Rutgers University. Her studio was on Shelter Island, a short ferry ride from our design shop here in Greenport, NY on the North Fork.