Lot 224: HATTIE KLAPP BRUNNER (AMERICAN, 1889-1982) AND RAYMOND JAMES BRUNNER (AMERICAN, 1949-) FOLK PAINTING

HATTIE KLAPP BRUNNER (AMERICAN, 1889-1982) AND RAYMOND JAMES BRUNNER (AMERICAN, 1949-) FOLK PAINTING, watercolor on paper, depicting a rural landscape in autumn featuring a locomotive, signed "Raymond J. Brunner / Hattie K. Brunner 57" center right, framed.

10 3/4" x 14 1/2" sight.

Third quarter 20th century.

Excellent condition.

Formerly in the collection of Dr. E. R. Eller, Pittsburgh, PA.

Raymond Brunner, Hattie Brunner's grandson, is credited with inspiring his grandmother to begin painting around 1956. According to a November 8, 1996 news article in the Reading Eagle / Times, Hattie Brunner reportedly painted about three pictures with her grandson. One example is inscribed "Raymond James Brunner, 7-years-old, drew this picture and Hattie K. Brunner painted it in 1956." That example sold at the Horst auction of the Elwood Miller collection in 1996.